Yes. See NY Estates, Powers and Trusts Law Article 6, Part 2.
States that allow couples to own property through "tenancy by the entirety," a type of joint ownership that offers protection form creditors. States that allow tenancy by entirety: Alaska Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia Florida Hawaii Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New Jersey Mississippi Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Vermont Virginia Tennessee Wyoming States that allow tenancy by entirety for real estate only: Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan New York North Carolina Oregon * No, Louisiana is a community property state. FYI, Holding any property as TBE is only available to married couples.
No, New York State does not recognize common law marriage.
A tenancy by the entirety provides the maximum protectionthat can be acquired by deed. A tenancy by the entirety is a joint tenancy reserved for legally married couples that protects the property from being seized and sold by a creditor of one of the parties. The survivorship rights of either party cannot be severed.In most jurisdictions one party cannot sell or mortgage their interest without the consent of the other party. In certain states (Massachusetts and New York are two examples) there is no law against one tenant by the entirety conveying their interest. However, their deed cannot defeat the survivorship interest of the other tenant by the entirety and a peculiar situation is created.Suppose a husband conveyed his interest to his brother. The husband no longer owns the property. The brother is now taking the husband's place in the unseverable survivorship tenancy. If the husband dies, the brother is out of luck and the brother loses his interest in the property. The wife gets it all. If the wife dies the brother gets it all.
States that allow legally married couples to own property as "tenants by the entirety," a type of joint ownership that offers protection from creditors: Alaska Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia Florida Hawaii Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New Jersey Mississippi Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Vermont Virginia Tennessee Wyoming States that allow tenancy by entirety for real estate only: Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan New York North Carolina Oregon
You have asked an interesting question and the answer depends on the law in your state and whether your tenancy by the entirety predates the mortgage. The answer is generally yes, depending on the laws in your state.In Massachusetts and New York there is nothing in the law to prevent one tenant by the entirety from executing a mortgage. However, if the mortgage is foreclosed the bank would only acquire the interest of the one tenant who executed the mortgage. The survivorship rights of the other tenant cannot be severed.Therefore, a peculiar situation would arise: The bank would take the place of the mortgagor in the tenancy by the entirety. Let's say the husband executed the mortgage and then defaulted. The bank would acquire the husband's interest in the property subject to the wife's interest and to her right of survivorship. The bank and the wife would become co-owners. That means if the husband dies, the wife gets the property free and clear of the bank's interest since the bank is standing in for the husband in the tenancy by the entirety. If the wife dies the bank gets the property free and clear of any other interests. Practically speaking, this is not a profitable position for the bank.Some states prohibit one tenant by the entirety from conveying their interest and a mortgage by one may be invalid. You need to speak with an attorney in your state who specializes in real estate law.This is a misunderstood situation and many mortgagees (lenders) have been careless about errors in their mortgages over the past few years.
No, New York does not recognize common law marriage.
No. Neither the state of New York, nor the city of New York recognize permits from any other state.
In most states that allow ownership by married couples an tenants by the entirety both parties must sign in order to sell or mortgage the property. However, in certain states a deed from one tenant by the entirety can create a complicated legal arrangement between the grantee and the other tenant by the entirety whose rights in the tenancy cannot be severed. There is nothing in the laws of Massachusetts or New York to prevent one tenant by the entirety from conveying her own or his own interest in the property, subject to the continuing rights of the other. While it is generally believed that one tenant by the entirety cannot convey their interest because the tenancy cannot be severed, rather it is the survivorship rights of the other that cannot be severed. Thus, if a husband conveyed his interest in the property held as tenants by the entirety to his brother, the husband no longer owns an interest in the property. The brother takes his (the husband's) place within the tenancy. Here is the tricky part: if the wife dies then the husband's brother acquires all interest in the real estate. If the husband dies before the wife then it all goes to her free and clear and the husband's brother has nothing. Some conveyancers have treated deeds by one tenant by the entirety as null. However, such a deed conveys the interest of the grantor in the property subject to the survivorship rights of the other co-tenant. If you are selling property owned by tenants by the entirety, both parties must sign the deed.
New York does not recognize common law marriages. However, it does recognize common law marriages created in other states.
An owner in a joint tenancy can transfer their interest by a deed, recorded in the land records, while they are living. That deed will break the survivorship tenancy.A person who owns as a tenant by the entirety cannot sever the survivorship rights of the other tenant by the entirety.An owner in a joint tenancy can transfer their interest by a deed, recorded in the land records, while they are living. That deed will break the survivorship tenancy.A person who owns as a tenant by the entirety cannot sever the survivorship rights of the other tenant by the entirety.An owner in a joint tenancy can transfer their interest by a deed, recorded in the land records, while they are living. That deed will break the survivorship tenancy.A person who owns as a tenant by the entirety cannot sever the survivorship rights of the other tenant by the entirety.An owner in a joint tenancy can transfer their interest by a deed, recorded in the land records, while they are living. That deed will break the survivorship tenancy.A person who owns as a tenant by the entirety cannot sever the survivorship rights of the other tenant by the entirety.
According to the article below, "Another common presumption of property law in many jurisdictions -- including New York and New Jersey -- is that when parties buying a primary residence indicate they are husband and wife, the form of title is automatically considered a tenancy by the entirety unless otherwise specified." You can read the full text at the link provided.
Yes, absolutely. But, it's only legal if you have a New York permit. As I understand it, New York state issues a permit, but New York city issues its own permit and does not recognize state issued permits.