{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-canal-law-72","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Canal Law § 72","heading":"Change of ownership, name or hailing place","body":"§ 72. Change of ownership, name or hailing place. Should the\nownership, name or hailing place of a float change after state registry,\nthe owner of the float shall make new application in form similar to\nthat required for original registry and upon receipt of such application\nthe corporation shall issue a new state certificate of registry and\nrecord the same in its office. The owner or owners of a commercial float\nfound navigating the canal system, the ownership, name or hailing place\nof which shall have been changed without proper application for\nre-registry to the corporation, shall, upon due proof thereof be subject\nto a penalty to the people of the state of New York not to exceed one\nhundred dollars recoverable by the attorney general in an action in any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction.","path":["Canal Law","Article 8. Canal Navigation"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CAL/72","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"ca435e6ab050bbd4de677d722fcdee8e10b12775df64ffd25a7db70c4e8cf7d0","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-canal-law-71","next":"us-ny/n.y.-canal-law-73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}