§ 5-301. Certain employment contracts void. Every undertaking or promise, whether written or oral, express or implied, constituting or contained, in any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between any individual, firm, company, association or corporation and any employee or prospective employee of the same, whereby (a) any employee or prospective employee undertakes or […]
§ 5-311. Certain agreements between husband and wife void. Except as provided in section two hundred thirty-six of the domestic relations law, a husband and wife cannot contract to alter or dissolve the marriage or to relieve either of his or her liability to support the other in such a manner that he or she […]
§ 5-321. Agreements exempting lessors from liability for negligence void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any lease of real property exempting the lessor from liability for damages for injuries to person or property caused by or resulting from the negligence of the lessor, his agents, […]
§ 5-322. Agreements exempting caterers and catering establishments from liability for negligence void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any contract entered into with any caterer or catering establishment exempting the said caterer or catering establishment from liability for damages caused by or resulting from the […]
§ 5-322.1. Agreements exempting owners and contractors from liability for negligence void and unenforceable; certain cases. 1. A covenant, promise, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to a contract or agreement relative to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building, structure, appurtenances and appliances including moving, demolition and excavating […]
§ 5-322.2. Contents of certain construction contracts. 1. Every written contract or agreement executed by an owner providing for the building, construction, repair or renovation of buildings, structures, or improvements upon real property owned by him other than contracts involving public improvements as defined in the lien law and contracts involving residential property with housing […]
§ 5-322.3. Payment bonds to be filed. A copy of any payment bond executed in connection with a contract for the improvement of real property other than a contract for a public improvement, shall be filed within thirty days of such execution by the owner of the improvement in the office of the county clerk […]
§ 5-323. Agreements exempting building service or maintenance contractors from liability for negligence void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any contract or agreement affecting real property made or entered into, whereby or whereunder a contractor exempts himself from liability for injuries to person or property […]
§ 5-324. Agreements by owners, contractors, subcontractors or suppliers to indemnify architects, engineers and surveyors from liability caused by or arising out of defects in maps, plans, designs and specifications void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with any contract or agreement made and entered into by owners, contractors, subcontractors […]
§ 5-325. Garages and parking places. 1. No person who conducts or maintains for hire or other consideration a garage, parking lot or other similar place which has the capacity for the housing, storage, parking, repair or servicing of four or more motor vehicles, as defined by the vehicle and traffic law, may exempt himself […]
§ 5-326. Agreements exempting pools, gymnasiums, places of public amusement or recreation and similar establishments from liability for negligence void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in connection with, or collateral to, any contract, membership application, ticket of admission or similar writing, entered into between the owner or operator of any pool, […]
§ 5-327. Consumers’ right to recover attorney’s fees in actions arising out of consumer contracts. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Consumer contract” means a written agreement entered into between a creditor, seller or lessor as one party with a natural person who is the debtor, […]
§ 5-328. Processing fee by holder of dishonored check. 1. As used in this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Holder of a check” means the holder or its assignee, representative or any other person retained by the holder to seek collection of the face value of a dishonored check. (b) […]
§ 5-331. Certain covenants and restrictions in conveyances and other agreements affecting real property void as against public policy. Any promise, covenant or restriction in a contract, mortgage, lease, deed or conveyance or in any other agreement affecting real property, heretofore or hereafter made or entered into, which limits, restrains, prohibits or otherwise provides against […]
§ 5-332. Unsolicited and voluntarily sent merchandise deemed unconditional gift. 1. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof, shall, in any manner, or by any means, offer for sale goods, wares, or merchandise, where the offer includes the voluntary and unsolicited sending of such goods, wares, or merchandise not actually […]
§ 5-333. Validity of oil, gas or mineral land leases. 1. Any oil, gas or mineral land lease given on land situated in this state shall be deemed to incorporate subdivisions two and three of this section and any provisions to the contrary shall be void and unenforceable. 2. Any oil, gas or mineral land […]
§ 5-334. Option or right to acquire interest in property. 1. An option or right to acquire an equity or other ownership interest in property or in a partnership, corporation, trust or other entity that owns property shall not be unenforceable because the owner of such interest grants such option or right to the holder […]
§ 5-335. Limitation of reimbursement and subrogation claims in personal injury and wrongful death actions. (a) When a person settles a claim, whether in litigation or otherwise, against one or more other persons for personal injuries, medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice, or wrongful death, it shall be conclusively presumed that the settlement does not include […]
§ 5-336. Nondisclosure agreements. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no employer, its officers or employees shall have the authority to include or agree to include in any settlement, agreement or other resolution of any claim, the factual foundation for which involves discrimination, in violation of laws prohibiting discrimination, including but not […]
§ 5-337. Agreements requiring contractees to waive their rights in relation to expressing certain opinions about contractors void and unenforceable. 1. (a) A contract or proposed contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services may not include a provision waiving the consumer’s right to make any statement regarding the seller or lessor […]
