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N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 136: Creditor may notify debtor to apply for discharge

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  1. Debtor & Creditor Law
  2. Article 5. Judgment Debtor's Discharge From Imprisonment

§ 136. Creditor may notify debtor to apply for discharge. Where a

person has been imprisoned by virtue of an execution, for the space of

three months after he was entitled, by the provisions of this article,

to apply for a discharge; and has neither made such an application, nor

applied for his discharge under the provisions of article third of this

chapter; the judgment creditor, by virtue of whose execution he is

imprisoned, may serve upon the prisoner a written notice, requiring him

to apply for his discharge, according to the provisions of this article.

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