ยง 6. Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title.
Whenever a legal claim is made for a refund of purchase-money because of
the alleged failure of the title of the state to lands sold or granted
under its authority including any right, title or interest of the state
in and to lands under water, the commissioner of general services, if
satisfied that such claim is just and is made by a person entitled
thereto, may certify such facts to the court of claims, whereupon such
court is empowered to determine the amount of compensation, if any,
which should be awarded on account thereof, which in no event shall
exceed the amount of the purchase price originally paid for such land.
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.