ยง 12. Certain patents and grants ratified. All patents of lands
issued before July eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, pursuant
to resolutions of the commissioners of the land office, and sold by them
at private sale to purchasers in good faith, purporting to convey the
right, title and interest of the people of this state in and to any
state lands, except lands under water in the bay or harbor of New York
or adjacent thereto, have been ratified and confirmed, to as full an
extent as though the same had been sold at public auction, according to
law, but not so as to affect any action pending July eleventh, eighteen
hundred and eighty-one, or to impair, release or discharge any right,
claim or interest of any person in and to such lands. All grants made
by the commissioners of the land office prior to March twenty-fifth,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, of parts of lots for which payments were
made and certified in the manner prescribed by law, have been confirmed.
Structure New York Laws
Article 2 - Office of General Services
2 - State-Owned Real Property Inventory and Management Program.
2-B - Transfers of Certain Funds.
3 - Powers and Duties; Leases.
4 - Vesting of Crown Lands in the People of the State.
5 - Letters Patent, Form and Contents; to Be Recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State.
6 - Determination of Claims Based on Alleged Failure of Title.
7 - Partition of Lands Held by the State in Joint Tenancy or Tenancy in Common.
8 - Trespasses Upon State Lands.
10 - Power to Investigate Before Grant.
11 - Power to Confirm Defective Grant.
12 - Certain Patents and Grants Ratified.
12-A - Certain Patents Ratified and Confirmed.
13 - Grants to Heirs, Devisees or Successors in Interest.
14 - Time of Performing Conditions of Grant.
15 - Prohibitions as to Grants in Lake George.
15-A - Filling in the State Owned Bed of Lake George Prohibited.
16 - Reservation of Esopus Island.
17 - Payment of Incumbrances on Public Lands; Adverse Claims; Costs.
17-A - Abandonment of Claims Under Defective Tax Sales; Recovery of Taxes Paid Thereon by State.
18 - Expenses Chargeable to Special Funds.
19 - Taxes and Assessments for Local Improvements on State Lands.
19-A - State Aid; Certain State-Leased or State-Owned Lands.
19-B - State Aid; Certain State-Owned or Reacquired Lands.
20 - Grants of Lands in Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation Designated on Certain Map.
21 - Conveyance of Strips of Abandoned Canal Lands and Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation Land.
22 - Management of Sand and Gravel Resources.
23 - Disposition of Moneys Received From Sale of Certain State Lands and Sand and Gravel Thereon.
24 - Sale or Exchange of Certain Detached Parcels of Forest Preserve Lands.
26 - Refunds When Sales Cannot Be Completed.
27 - Acquisition of Real Property by Purchase or Appropriation.
29 - Watershed Conservation Easements and Watershed Agricultural Easements.