N.Y. Lien Law § 206: Enforcement by action; when and in what courts; procedure in action to foreclose real property mortgage applicable in actions to foreclos...

§ 206. Enforcement by action; when and in what courts; procedure in

action to foreclose real property mortgage applicable in actions to

foreclose a mortgage or other lien. An action may be maintained to

foreclose a lien upon a chattel, for a sum of money, in any case where

such a lien exists at the commencement of the action. The action may be

brought in any court, of record or not of record, which would have

jurisdiction to render a judgment, in an action founded upon a contract,

for a sum equal to the amount of the lien. For the purposes of this

section and of sections two hundred seven to two hundred ten inclusive a

chattel mortgage to secure the payment of a loan of money or other debt,

or the purchase price of chattels, a contract of conditional sale of

personal property, a hiring of personal property where title is not to

vest in the person hiring until payment of a certain sum and a security

interest created by a security agreement in personal property, shall be

deemed a lien upon a chattel. The procedure in an action to foreclose a

mortgage on real property, in so far as it may be applicable, shall

apply in actions to foreclose a mortgage or other lien on chattels or

other personal property.