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N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 86: Insolvent to be released from imprisonment

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  1. Debtor & Creditor Law
  2. Article 3. Insolvent's Discharge From Debts

§ 86. Insolvent to be released from imprisonment. If, at the time when

the discharge is granted, the petitioner is under arrest, by virtue of

an execution against his person issued, or an order of arrest made, in

an action or special proceeding, founded upon a debt or liability from

which he is discharged, as prescribed in the foregoing sections of this

article, he must be released from the arrest, upon producing to the

officer his discharge, or a certified copy of the record thereof. If the

adverse party wishes to test the validity of the discharge, he may

procure a new order of arrest, or cause a new execution to be issued, as

the case requires.

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