Justin, sorry, pasted the wrong statute:
513.05 Leases; contracts for sale of lands.
Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year or for the sale of any lands, or any interest in lands, shall be void unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, is in writing and subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is to be made, or by the party's lawful agent thereunto authorized in writing; and no such contract, when made by an agent, shall be entitled to record unless the authority of such agent be also recorded.
HIST: (8460) RL s 3488; 1986 c 444
I absolutely refuse to look up New York.
But I never have heard of a state with a different SofF on real estate.
EDIT. OK, heck with it. According to
www.findlaw.com, New York's statute of frauds for real estate:
§ 5-703. Conveyances and contracts concerning real property required
to be in writing. 1. An estate or interest in real property, other than
a lease for a term not exceeding one year, or any trust or power, over
or concerning real property, or in any manner relating thereto, cannot
be created, granted, assigned, surrendered or declared, unless by act or
operation of law, or by a deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by
the person creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the
same, or by his lawful agent, thereunto authorized by writing. But this
subdivision does not affect the power of a testator in the disposition
of his real property by will; nor prevent any trust from arising or
being extinguished by implication or operation of law, nor any
declaration of trust from being proved by a writing subscribed by the
person declaring the same.
2. A contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or
for the sale, of any real property, or an interest therein, is void
unless the contract or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the
consideration, is in writing, subscribed by the party to be charged, or
by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing.
3. A contract to devise real property or establish a trust of real
property, or any interest therein or right with reference thereto, is
void unless the contract or some note or memorandum thereof is in
writing and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith, or by his
lawfully authorized agent.
4. Nothing contained in this section abridges the powers of courts of
equity to compel the specific performance of agreements in cases of part
performance.
Remember my much earlier post about every law has exceptions (part performance, promissory estoppel). And I am not a New York lawyer. Refer to standard disclaimer below.