Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553
Section 6-6.5 - Purchaser for value or lender(a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this part applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or a testamentary beneficiary or distributee of the decedent.(b) If a personal representative or a testamentary beneficiary or distributee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this part applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse.(c) A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly.(d) The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be treated in the same manner as the property transferred to the purchaser for value or a lender.