279-I – Saving Clause.
§ 279-i. Saving clause. No suit, proceeding or appeal pending on the effective date of this article shall abate or be affected in any way by reason of the enactment of this article.
279-A – Records.
§ 279-a. Records. The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all names, marks or devices filed under this article.
279-B – Cancellation.
§ 279-b. Cancellation. The secretary of state shall cancel from the register: (1) Any certificate concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the person filing or from the assignee; (2) Any certificate in respect of which a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation on any legal […]
279-C – Deposits on Vessels, Receptacles or Utensils.
§ 279-c. Deposits on vessels, receptacles or utensils. The requiring, taking, paying or accepting of any deposit for any purpose upon any vessel, receptacle or utensil shall not be deemed to constitute a sale of such property, either optional or otherwise, for the purposes of this article.
279-D – Prohibited Acts.
§ 279-d. Prohibited acts. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to fill or use, to give, buy, take, destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of, or traffic in, vessels, receptacles or utensils, upon which a name, mark or device which has been filed hereunder is produced, or refuse to return such vessel, receptacle or […]
279-E – Penalties.
§ 279-e. Penalties. Any person offending against the provisions hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for the first offense by imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars for each […]
279-F – Presumption.
§ 279-f. Presumption. The possession by any junk dealer or dealer in second-hand materials or articles, without the written consent of the person who filed hereunder or his assignee, of any vessels, receptacles or utensils upon which a name, mark or device has been produced shall be presumptive evidence of a violation of this article.
279-G – Search Warrant to Discover Vessels, Receptacles or Utensils.
§ 279-g. Search warrant to discover vessels, receptacles or utensils. Whenever any person who has filed under this article, or his authorized agent, shall make oath before any magistrate or court of competent jurisdiction that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that a violation of this article is occurring with respect to one […]
279-H – Construction.
§ 279-h. Construction. Nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing the enforcement of rights and remedies under any other statute concerning vessels, receptacles or utensils upon which a name, mark or device indicating ownership thereof has been produced, whether or not such name, mark or device has been filed hereunder.
278 – Filing Under Prior Law.
§ 278. Filing under prior law. At the end of twelve months following the effective date of this article, the secretary of state shall cancel all certificates issued under sections three hundred sixty and three hundred sixty-one of article twenty-four of the general business law, unless a new statement shall have been filed under this […]