{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-practice-law-rules-7205","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Civil Practice Law \u0026 Rules § 7205","heading":"Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision","body":"§ 7205. Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision. No action\nfor a penalty or forfeiture may be brought for an act done in good faith\nand pursuant to a construction given to a statute by a decision of an\nappellate court and adjudged lawful thereby, where such act was done\nprior to a reversal or the overruling of such decision.","path":["Civil Practice Law \u0026 Rules","Article 72. Recovery of Penalty or Forfeiture"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CVP/7205","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"d97245fdbc3f0bc10c5263c7b393c01ae1684159ffc2af4de07b226bef30f7e7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-practice-law-rules-7204","next":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-practice-law-rules-7501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}