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Article 1 - Short Title
1 - Short Title. - Section. 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...
1-A - Definitions. - § 1-a. Definitions. The term "minor" or "infant", as used...
Article 2 - Bill of Rights
2 - Supreme Sovereignty in the People. - § 2. Supreme sovereignty in the people. No authority can,...
3 - Levying Taxes and Charges. - § 3. Levying taxes and charges. No tax, duty, aid...
4 - Right to Keep and Bear Arms. - § 4. Right to keep and bear arms. A well...
5 - Military Service by Citizens. - § 5. Military service by citizens. No citizen of this...
6 - Exemption From Military Service. - § 6. Exemption from military service. All such inhabitants of...
7 - Quartering Soldiers. - § 7. Quartering soldiers. No soldier can in time of...
8 - Right of Search and Seizure. - § 8. Right of search and seizure. The right of...
9 - Freedom of Elections. - § 9. Freedom of elections. All elections ought to be...
10 - Justice to Be Administered Without Favor and Speedily. - § 10. Justice to be administered without favor and speedily....
11 - Fines Must Be Reasonable and Imposed Only for Cause. - § 11. Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for...
12 - Rights of Persons Accused of Crime. - § 12. Rights of persons accused of crime. In all...
13 - Right to Serve on Juries. - § 13. Right to serve on juries. No citizen of...
14 - Jurors Not to Be Questioned for Verdicts. - § 14. Jurors not to be questioned for verdicts. A...
15 - Right of Appeal Not to Be Denied. - § 15. Right of appeal not to be denied. Notwithstanding...
Article 2-A - Equal Rights to Publicly-Aided Housing
18-A - Findings and Declarations of Policy. - § 18-a. Findings and declarations of policy. 1. This article...
18-B - Definitions. - (a) which, after July first, nineteen hundred fifty, is granted...
18-C - Discrimination Prohibited. - § 18-c. Discrimination prohibited. It shall be unlawful: 1. For...
18-D - Restraint of Discrimination; Damages for Violations. - § 18-d. Restraint of discrimination; damages for violations. 1. Any...
18-E - Applicability. - § 18-e. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall not...
19-A - Prohibition Against Unreasonable Withholding of Consent. - § 19-a. Prohibition against unreasonable withholding of consent. 1. No...
19-B - Restraint of Discrimination; Damages for Violations. - § 19-b. Restraint of discrimination; damages for violations. Any person...
Article 3 - Privilege From Arrest
20 - No Imprisonment for Non-Payment of Costs in Certain Cases. - § 20. No imprisonment for non-payment of costs in certain...
21 - No Imprisonment for Non-Payment of Money Pursuant to Judgment or Order Requiring Payment of Money Due Upon Contract. - § 21. No imprisonment for non-payment of money pursuant to...
22 - Privilege of Officers and Prisoner From Arrest While Passing Through Another County. - § 22. Privilege of officers and prisoner from arrest while...
23 - No Person to Be Arrested in Civil Proceedings Without a Statutory Provision. - § 23. No person to be arrested in civil proceedings...
24 - Privilege From Arrest of Officers of Courts of Record. - § 24. Privilege from arrest of officers of courts of...
25 - Witness Exempt From Arrest. - § 25. Witness exempt from arrest. A person duly and...
26 - Action Against Officer Making Arrest of Exempt Person. - § 26. Action against officer making arrest of exempt person....
27 - Discharge of Exempt Witness. - § 27. Discharge of exempt witness. Where a person has...
28 - Medical Attention for Persons Under Arrest. - * § 28. Medical attention for persons under arrest. When...
28*2 - Civil Arrest; Certain Locations. - (a) a person described in subdivision one of this section...
Article 4 - Equal Rights in Places of Public Accommodation and Amusement
40 - Equal Rights in Places of Public Accommodation, Resort or Amusement. - § 40. Equal rights in places of public accommodation, resort...
40-A - Inquiry Concerning Religion or Religious Affiliations of Person Seeking Employment or Official Position in Public Schools Prohibited. - § 40-a. Inquiry concerning religion or religious affiliations of person...
40-B - Wrongful Refusal of Admission to and Ejection From Places of Public Entertainment and Amusement. - § 40-b. Wrongful refusal of admission to and ejection from...
40-C - Discrimination. - § 40-c. Discrimination. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of...
40-D - Penalty for Violation. - § 40-d. Penalty for violation. Any person who shall violate...
40-E - Innkeepers and Carriers Refusing to Receive Guests and Passengers. - § 40-e. Innkeepers and carriers refusing to receive guests and...
40-F - Discrimination Against Person or Class in Price for Admission. - § 40-f. Discrimination against person or class in price for...
40-G - Discrimination Against United States Uniform. - § 40-g. Discrimination against United States uniform. A person who...
41 - Penalty for Violation. - § 41. Penalty for violation. Any person who or any...
42 - Discrimination by Utility Companies. - § 42. Discrimination by utility companies. It shall be unlawful...
43 - Discrimination by Labor Organizations Prohibited. - § 43. Discrimination by labor organizations prohibited. As used in...
44 - Discrimination by Industries Involved in Defense Contracts. - § 44. Discrimination by industries involved in defense contracts. It...
44-A - Protecting Civil and Public Rights. - § 44-a. Protecting civil and public rights. A person who:...
45 - Powers of Administration Vested in Industrial Commissioner. - § 45. Powers of administration vested in industrial commissioner. The...
Article 4-B - Rights of Persons With a Disability Accompanied by Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs or Service Dogs
47 - Use of Public Facilities by Persons With a Disability. - § 47. Use of public facilities by persons with a...
47-A - Employment of Persons With a Disability. - § 47-a. Employment of persons with a disability. Unless it...
47-B - Miscellaneous Provisions. - § 47-b. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. Persons with a disability accompanied...
47-C - Penalties. - § 47-c. Penalties. 1. Any person or legal entity, public...
Article 4-C - Employment of Persons With Certain Genetic Disorders
48 - Definitions. - § 48. Definitions. As used in this article, the term...
48-A - Employment of Persons With Certain Genetic Disorders. - § 48-a. Employment of persons with certain genetic disorders. Unless...
48-B - Penalties. - § 48-b. Penalties. Any person or legal entity, public or...
Article 5 - Right of Privacy
50 - Right of Privacy. - § 50. Right of privacy. A person, firm or corporation...
50-B - Right of Privacy; Victims of Sex Offenses or Offenses Involving the Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. - § 50-b. Right of privacy; victims of sex offenses or...
50-C - Private Right of Action. - § 50-c. Private right of action. If the identity of...
50-D - Personnel Records of Court Officers. - § 50-d. Personnel records of court officers. 1. As used...
50-E - Personnel Records of Bridge and Tunnel Officers, Sergeants and Lieutenants. - § 50-e. Personnel records of bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants...
50-F - Right of Publicity. - § 50-f. Right of publicity. 1. For purposes of this...
51 - Action for Injunction and for Damages. - § 51. Action for injunction and for damages. Any person...
52 - Televising, Broadcasting or Taking Motion Pictures of Certain Proceedings Prohibited. - § 52. Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain...
52-A - Private Right of Action for Unwarranted Video Imaging of Residential Premises. - § 52-a. Private right of action for unwarranted video imaging...
52-B - Private Right of Action for Unlawful Dissemination or Publication of an Intimate Image. - (i) an unclothed or exposed intimate part, as defined in...
52-C - Private Right of Action for Unlawful Dissemination or Publication of a Sexually Explicit Depiction of an Individual. - * § 52-c. Private right of action for unlawful dissemination...
52-C*2 - Employers Engaged in Electronic Monitoring; Prior Notice Required. - (b) For purposes of written notice required by paragraph (a)...
52-D - Private Right of Action for Unlawful Dissemination or Publication of a Personal Image. - § 52-d. Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or...
Article 5-A - Membership Corporations and Unincorporated Associations.
53 - Copies of Documents and Statements to Be Filed. - § 53. Copies of documents and statements to be filed....
54 - Resolutions Concerning Political Matters. - § 54. Resolutions concerning political matters. Every such corporation or...
55 - Anonymous Communications Prohibited. - § 55. Anonymous communications prohibited. It shall be unlawful for...
56 - Offenses; Penalties. - § 56. Offenses; penalties. Any corporation or association violating any...
57 - Additional Penalties. - § 57. Additional penalties. In addition to the penalties provided...
Article 6 - Change of Name
60 - Petition for Change of Name. - § 60. Petition for change of name. A petition for...
61 - Contents. - § 61. Contents. 1. The petition shall be in writing,...
62 - Notice. - § 62. Notice. 1. If the petition be to change...
63 - Order. - § 63. Order. If the court to which the petition...
64 - Effect. - § 64. Effect. 1. If the order is entered, the...
64-A - Sealing Name Change Papers. - § 64-a. Sealing name change papers. 1. If the court...
65 - Optional Change of Name Upon Marriage, Divorce or Annulment. - § 65. Optional change of name upon marriage, divorce or...
Article 6-A - Change of Sex Designation
67 - Petition for Change of Sex Designation. - § 67. Petition for change of sex designation. 1. A...
67-A - Order. - § 67-a. Order. If the court to which the petition...
67-B - Sealing Change of Sex Designation Papers. - § 67-b. Sealing change of sex designation papers. 1. Upon...
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities
70 - Vexatious Suits. - § 70. Vexatious suits. If a person vexatiously or maliciously,...
70-A - Actions Involving Public Petition and Participation; Recovery of Damages. - (a) costs and attorney's fees shall be recovered upon a...
70-B - Unlawful Interference With Protected Rights. - (a) compensatory damages, as well as costs and attorneys' fees,...
71 - Damages in Action for Suing in Name of Another. - § 71. Damages in action for suing in name of...
72 - Term of Imprisonment of Civil Prisoner. - § 72. Term of imprisonment of civil prisoner. No person...
73 - Code of Fair Procedure for Investigating Agencies. - (a) "Agency". A standing or select committee of either house...
74 - Privileges in Action for Libel. - § 74. Privileges in action for libel. A civil action...
75 - Defamation by Radio or Television. - § 75. Defamation by radio or television. 1. The owner,...
76 - Action for Libel: Evidence, Separate Verdicts. - § 76. Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts. At the...
76-A - Actions Involving Public Petition and Participation; When Actual Malice to Be Proven. - (a) An "action involving public petition and participation" is a...
77 - Special Damages in Action for Slander of a Woman. - § 77. Special damages in action for slander of a...
78 - Mitigating Circumstances in Action for Libel or Slander. - § 78. Mitigating circumstances in action for libel or slander....
79 - Forfeiture of Office and Suspension of Civil Rights. - (b) Where the incarcerated individual is permitted in accordance with...
79-A - Consequence of Sentence to Imprisonment for Life. - (b) Where the incarcerated individual is permitted in accordance with...
79-B - Forfeiture of Property on Conviction Abolished. - § 79-b. Forfeiture of property on conviction abolished. A conviction...
79-C - Convict Protected by Law. - § 79-c. Convict protected by law. A convict sentenced to...
79-D - Creditor of Convict. - § 79-d. Creditor of convict. A person injured by the...
79-E - Right to Breast Feed. - § 79-e. Right to breast feed. Notwithstanding any other provision...
79-F - Liability for Acts of Persons Assisting Police Officers. - § 79-f. Liability for acts of persons assisting police officers....
79-G - Filing of Certificates of Honorable Discharge With County Clerks. - § 79-g. Filing of certificates of honorable discharge with county...
79-H - Special Provisions Relating to Persons Employed By, or Connected With, News Media. - (a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following definitions...
79-I - Discrimination Against Person Who Refuses to Perform Certain Act Prohibited. - § 79-i. Discrimination against person who refuses to perform certain...
79-J - Confidentiality of Records in Multi-State Information System. - § 79-j. Confidentiality of records in multi-state information system. 1....
79-K - Civil Immunity for Certain Persons Assisting in Emergency Situations. - § 79-k. Civil immunity for certain persons assisting in emergency...
79-L - Confidentiality of Records of Genetic Tests. - (a) "genetic test" shall mean any laboratory test of human...
79-M - Criminal Interference With Health Care Services, Religious Worship, Funeral, Burial or Memorial Service; Injuction. - § 79-m. Criminal interference with health care services, religious worship,...
79-N - Bias-Related Violence or Intimidation; Civil Remedy. - (a) The term "disability" means a physical or mental impairment...
79-N*2 - Funeral or Bereavement Leave. - * § 79-n. Funeral or bereavement leave. No employer who...
79-O - Close Captioning in Places of Public Accomodation, Resort or Amusement. - (a) no televisions in the public area of the place...
79-P - Recording Certain Activities. - (a) "Officer" means any peace officer, police officer, security officer,...
79-P*2 - Gender Neutral Single-Occupancy Bathroom Facilities. - * § 79-p. Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities. 1. All...
79-Q - Collection of Gender or Sex Designation Information by State Agencies. - § 79-q. Collection of gender or sex designation information by...
Article 8 - Causes of Action for Alienation of Affections, Criminal Conversation, Seduction and Breach of Contract to Marry Abolished
80-A - Causes of Action for Alienation of Affections, Criminal Conversation, Seduction and Breach of Contract to Marry Abolished. - § 80-a. Causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal...
80-B - . - § 80-b. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed...
81 - Commencement or Threat of Action Unlawful. - § 81. Commencement or threat of action unlawful. It shall...
82 - Causing Payment, Satisfaction, Settlement or Compromise Unlawful; Instruments Void. - § 82. Causing payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise unlawful; instruments...
83 - Penalties. - § 83. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the...
84 - Construction; Inconsistent Laws. - § 84. Construction; inconsistent laws. This article shall be liberally...
Article 9 - Right to Call Police and Emergency Assistance/victim Protections
90 - Legislative Findings. - § 90. Legislative findings. No victim of domestic violence, or...
91 - Right to Call for Police and Emergency Assistance; Victim Protections. - § 91. Right to call for police and emergency assistance;...
92 - Protections Not Applicable to Breaches of Lease, Illicit Activities or Other Violations of Law. - § 92. Protections not applicable to breaches of lease, illicit...
93 - Right of Property Owners to Be Free of Penalty for Respecting the Rights of an Occupant to Request Police or Emergency Assistance. - § 93. Right of property owners to be free of...
94 - Limitation on Right to Request Police or Emergency Assistance Prohibited. - § 94. Limitation on right to request police or emergency...
95 - Defenses. - § 95. Defenses. 1. It is a defense to any...
96 - Removal of the Perpetrator of Violence While Assuring Continued Occupancy by Victim. - § 96. Removal of the perpetrator of violence while assuring...
97 - Remedies. - § 97. Remedies. Any person or entity aggrieved by a...
98 - Availability of Remedies. - § 98. Availability of remedies. Seeking legal remedies or relief...
Article 10 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect
100 - Laws Repealed. - § 100. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the...
101 - When to Take Effect. - § 101. When to take effect. This chapter shall take...