New York Laws
Title 3 - Foreclosure of Tax Lien by Proceeding in Rem
1134 - Presumption of Validity.

§ 1134. Presumption of validity. It shall not be necessary for the tax
district to plead or prove the various steps, procedures and notices for
the assessment and levy of the taxes or other lawful charges against the
parcels of real property set forth in the petition and all such taxes or
other lawful charges and the lien thereof shall be presumed to be valid.
A respondent alleging any jurisdictional defect or invalidity in the
tax, or in the proceeding for the enforcement thereof, must particularly
specify in his or her answer such jurisdictional defect or invalidity
and must affirmatively establish such defense. The provisions of this
article shall apply to and be valid and effective with respect to all
respondents even though one or more of them be infants, incompetents,
absentees or non-residents of the state.

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