Town Laws

New York is divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, municipal corporations with their own government and ability to enact local laws. A local law has a status equivalent with a law enacted by the Legislature subject to certain exceptions and restrictions. To enact a law the town must designate a newspaper of notice to publish or describe its proposed law and hold a public hearing to hear comments on it. After the public hearing the town board can pass the law by resolution and it becomes effective as soon as it is filed with the Secretary of State. The name of the local law consists of the number of the law in the given year it is enacted along with the title of the law for example “Local Law No. 2 of the year 1997, A Local Law To Govern Noise In The Town Of Vienna.” Using the search function on this web site you should be able to find enacted Town Laws by searching for key words or the topic of the law.

Lists of Town Laws by Year: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, other years.
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The NY Dept. of State also has a Local Law Search function located at this link.