N.Y. CPLR § 9802

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 9802 Liability of villages in certain actions § 9802. Liability of villages in certain actions. Except as providedotherwise in this chapter no action shall be maintained against thevillage upon or arising out of a contract of the village unless the sameshall be commenced within eighteen months after the cause of actiontherefor shall have accrued, nor unless a written verified claim shallhave been filed with the village clerk within one year after the causeof action shall have accrued, and no other action shall be maintainedagainst the village unless the same shall be commenced within one yearafter the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless anotice of claim shall have been made and served in compliance withsection fifty-e of the general municipal law. The omission to present aclaim or to commence an action thereon within the respective periods oftime above stated applicable to such claim, shall be a bar to any claimor action therefor against said village; but no action shall be broughtupon any such claim until forty days have elapsed after the filing of theclaim in the office of the village clerk.