N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-2111: Posting; service of notice

§ 11-2111. Posting; service of notice.

1. An area protected pursuant to this title and title nineteen of this

article shall be posted with signs not less than eleven inches by eleven

inches, bearing a conspicuous statement as described in subdivision 2 of

this section which shall cover a space of not less than eighty square

inches. Such signs shall be posted not more than six hundred sixty feet

apart, close to and along the boundaries of the area protected. At least

one sign shall be posted on each side of the protected area and on each

side of each corner of the protected area, provided the corner can be

reasonably ascertained. Illegible or torn-down signs shall be replaced

at least once a year. Replacement of notices on state game refuges shall

be made in March, July, August or September.

2. Signs shall bear the name and address of the owner, lawful

occupant, or other person or organization authorized to post the

protected area. Signs shall bear a conspicuous statement which shall

either (a) consist of the word "posted", or (b) warn against entry for

specified purposes or all purposes without the consent of the person or

organization authorized to post the protected area. A statement

consisting of the word "Posted" shall have the effect of a warning

against all such acts. The department may by regulation authorize

additional contents of such signs, including but not limited to symbols

indicating the acts which are prohibited.

3. Signs to prohibit the taking of fish may be posted by the

department up to one thousand feet from a fishway or dam erected by the

state in public waters, and shall read substantially: "All persons are

prohibited by law from fishing in this stream between this point and the

fishway (or dam)."

4. Personal service upon any person, in the name of the owner, lawful

occupant, or other person or organization authorized to post signs as

provided in this section, of a notice in writing containing a

description of the premises and a warning provided by this section for a

posted sign, shall, after the service, have the same effect with respect

to the person served as if the premises described in the notice were

posted with such warning as provided in this section.

5. Private lands constituting the bed, banks and shores of waters

stocked with fish by the department, with the consent of the owner of

such lands, shall not be posted against public fishing within five years

from the date of such stocking, except where an alternate arrangement

has been agreed to in writing by the department. Owner shall mean, for

purposes of this subdivision, the owner, lawful occupant, or other

person or organization having authority to post such lands.

6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the posting or

erection of notices identifying a restricted area pursuant to section

11-0321.