Civil Practice Law And Rules § 5205. Personal property exempt from application to the satisfaction of money judgments., NY CLS CPLR § 5205

Summary

(a) Exemption for Personal Property.

The following personal property when owned by any person is exempt from application to the satisfaction of a money judgment except where the judgment is for the purchase price of the exempt property or was recovered by a domestic, laboring person or mechanic for work performed by that person in such capacity:

all stoves and home heating equipment kept for use in the judgment debtor’s dwelling house and necessary fuel therefor for one hundred twenty days; one sewing machine with its appurtenances;

religious texts, family pictures and portraits, and school books used by the judgment debtor or in the family; and other books, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value, kept and used as part of the family or judgment debtor’s library;

a seat or pew occupied by the judgment debtor or the family in a place of public worship;

domestic animals with the necessary food for those animals for one hundred twenty days, provided that the total value of such ...