CPLR 5204 · Article 52. Enforcement of Money Judgments
Release of lien or levy upon appeal
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§ 5204. Release of lien or levy upon appeal. Upon motion of the judgment debtor, upon notice to the judgment creditor, the sheriff and the sureties upon the undertaking, the court may order, upon such terms as justice requires, that the lien of a money judgment, or that a levy made pursuant to an execution issued upon a money judgment, be released as to all or specified real or personal property upon the ground that the judgment debtor has given an undertaking upon appeal sufficient to secure the judgment creditor.
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