S 10388 NY
Defines satisfaction of judgment and authorizing satisfactions to be filed on affirmation
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Summary
This bill amends the Civil Practice Law and Rules to define "satisfaction of judgment" as either the receipt and clearance of funds by a judgment creditor or their attorney, or receipt of notice from a sheriff that a judgment has been satisfied. The bill allows satisfaction documents to be filed by affirmation rather than requiring notarization in the form of a recorded deed. The bill increases the time period during which an attorney of record may file a satisfaction-piece from ten years to twenty years after judgment entry. The bill also clarifies that the twenty-day time limit for filing satisfactions of judgment is measured in business days, and establishes penalties of one hundred dollars for unsatisfied judgments under five thousand dollars and five hundred dollars for larger judgments if not properly filed within twenty business days, with exceptions for large cities unless formally demanded by the judgment debtor. The act takes effect sixty days after it becomes law.
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Defines the term "satisfaction" in relation to the satisfaction of judgments; allows satisfaction of judgments to be filed by affirmation rather than after notarization; increases the time during which attorneys may file satisfaction of judgment from ten to twenty years; clarifies that the twenty-day time limit applicable to filing satisfactions of judgment is measured in business days.
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- James Sanders Jr. Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
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  SPONSOR SANDERS   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §5020, CPLR   Defines the term "satisfaction" in relation to the satisfaction of judgments; allows satisfaction of judgments to be filed by affirmation rather than after notarization; increases the time during which attorneys may file satisfaction of judgment from ten to twenty years; clarifies that the twenty-day time limit applicable to filing satisfactions of judgment is measured in business days.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10388
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to defin- ing satisfaction of judgment and authorizing satisfactions to be filed on affirmation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5020 of the civil practice law and rules, as 2 amended by chapter 1051 of the laws of 1969, subdivision (a) as amended 3 by chapter 148 of the laws of 1979, subdivision (b) as amended by chap- 4 ter 41 of the laws of 1977, subdivision (c) as amended by chapter 227 of 5 the laws of 2020, and subdivision (d) as added by chapter 601 of the 6 laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows: 7 § 5020. Satisfaction-piece. (a) As used in this section, the term 8 "satisfaction" shall mean (i) the receipt and clearance of funds in 9 satisfaction of a judgment by the judgment creditor or the attorney for 10 the judgment creditor, or (ii) receipt by the judgment creditor or the 11 attorney for the judgment creditor of notice from a sheriff that a judg- 12 ment is satisfied. 13 (b) Generally. When a person entitled to enforce a judgment receives 14 satisfaction or partial satisfaction of the judgment, [ he ] such person 15 shall execute and file with the proper clerk pursuant to subdivision (a) 16 of section 5021, a satisfaction-piece or partial satisfaction-piece 17 [ acknowledged in the form required to entitle a deed to be recorded ] 18 affirmed consistently with rule 2106 , which shall set forth the book and 19 page where the judgment is docketed. A copy of the satisfaction-piece or 20 partial satisfaction-piece filed with the clerk shall be mailed to the 21 judgment debtor by the person entitled to enforce the judgment within 22 ten days after the date of filing. 23 [ (b) ] (c) Attorney of record. Within [ ten ] twenty years after the 24 entry of a judgment the attorney of record or the attorney named on the 25 docket for the judgment creditor may execute a satisfaction-piece or a 26 partial satisfaction-piece, but if [ his ] such attorney's authority was 27 revoked before it was executed, the judgment may nevertheless be
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14386-03-6
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1 enforced against a person who had actual notice of the revocation before 2 a payment on the judgment was made or a purchase of property bound by it 3 was effected. 4 [ (c) ] (d) When a judgment for less than five thousand dollars is fully 5 satisfied, if the person required to execute and file with the proper 6 clerk pursuant to subdivisions [ (a) and (d) ] (b) and (e) of this section 7 fails or refuses to do so within twenty business days after receiving 8 full satisfaction, then the judgment creditor shall be subject to a 9 penalty of one hundred dollars recoverable by the judgment debtor pursu- 10 ant to section [ seventy-two hundred two of this chapter ] 7202 or article 11 eighteen of either the New York [ City ] city civil court act, uniform 12 district court act or uniform city court act. When a judgment for five 13 thousand dollars or more is fully satisfied, if the person required to 14 execute and file with the proper clerk pursuant to subdivisions [ (a) and 15 (d) ] (b) and (e) of this section fails or refuses to do so within twenty 16 business days after receiving full satisfaction, then the judgment cred- 17 itor shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars recoverable 18 by the judgment debtor pursuant to section [ seventy-two hundred two of 19 this chapter ] 7202 or article eighteen of either the New York city civil 20 court act, uniform district court act or uniform city court act; 21 provided, however, that such penalties shall not be recoverable when a 22 city with a population greater than one million persons is the judgment 23 creditor, unless such judgment creditor shall fail to execute and file a 24 satisfaction-piece with the proper clerk pursuant to subdivisions [ (a) 25 and (d) ] (b) and (e) of this section within twenty business days after 26 having been served by the judgment debtor with a written demand therefor 27 by certified mail, return receipt requested. 28 [ (d) ] (e) Where a transcript of the docket of a judgment has been 29 docketed in any other county of the state pursuant to subdivision (a) of 30 section 5018, the person required to execute and file with the proper 31 clerk pursuant to subdivision [ (a) hereof ] (b) of this section shall, 32 upon receiving full satisfaction, file a certificate of the clerk of the 33 county in which the judgment was entered, in accordance with subdivision 34 (c) of section 5021, with the clerks of all other counties in which such 35 judgment has been docketed. 36 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 37 have become a law.
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