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New York Consolidated Laws, Village Law - VIL § 2-232 Report of incorporation

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

After ten and within fifteen days from the filing of the certificate of election certifying that a majority of the votes cast were cast for incorporation and if no proceeding is instituted to review the validity and regularity of the election or within fifteen days after the filing of a final determination in such a proceeding sustaining the validity and regularity of the election, the town clerk with whom the original of the certificate of election was filed shall prepare and deliver a report of incorporation to the secretary of state, state comptroller, commissioner of taxation and finance and to the county clerk and county treasurer of each county and to the clerk of any other town in which any part of such territory is located.  Such report of incorporation shall include:

a. A copy of the certificate of election certified by the inspectors of election.

b. A statement that the time to institute a proceeding for a review of the election has expired and that no such proceeding has been commenced;  or a certified copy of the final determination, if any, of the court or justice sustaining the results of the election.

c. An outline map and a metes and bounds description of the territory within such village which the clerk shall furnish or cause to be prepared at the original expense of the towns in which such territory is located.  Such original expense shall be borne equally by each such town unless otherwise agreed.

d. A statement of the population of the territory as it appears by the exhibit attached to the petition for incorporation.

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