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THE APPLICABLE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR DECLARATORY-JUDGMENT CAUSES OF ACTION DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE UNDERLYING ALLEGATIONS; HERE THE ALLEGATIONS SOUNDED IN FRAUD, UNJUST ENRICHMENT AND VIOLATIONS OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW; ALL WERE TIME-BARRED (SECOND DEPT).

​The Second Department, revering Supreme Court, determined the declaratory judgment causes of action were time-barred according to the statutes of limitations applicable to the underlying allegations, i.e., fraud, unjust enrichment, Real Property Law (RPL) and Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) causes of action:

“Actions for declaratory judgments are not ascribed a certain limitations period. The nature of the relief sought in a declaratory judgment action dictates the applicable limitations period. Thus, if the action for a declaratory judgment could have been brought in a different form asserting a particular cause of action, the limitations period applicable to the particular cause of action will apply” … . Here, the cause of action for declaratory relief could have been, and previously was, brought in the form of causes of action to recover damages for fraud and intentional misrepresentation. Since the instant action was commenced more than six years after the plaintiff allegedly was fraudulently induced to convey title to the property and more than two years from the discovery of the alleged fraud, the cause of action for declaratory relief was time-barred … .

… [T]he second cause of action … seeks to void the defendant’s title to the property by virtue of the plaintiff’s claim that the plaintiff was fraudulently induced into conveying title to the defendant. Accordingly, this cause of action is governed by the six-year statute of limitations governing actions based upon fraud and, therefore, was untimely.

… [T]he cause of action to recover damages for unjust enrichment accrued … when the deed conveying title to the defendant was executed, and, therefore, this cause of action was also time-barred.

… [T]he cause of action alleging a violation of Real Property Law § 265-a was time-barred since it was commenced more than two years after recordation of the subject deed and more than six years after the alleged fraudulently induced conveyance. Mahabir v Snyder Realty Group, Inc., 2023 NY Slip Op 03342, Second Dept 6-21-23

Practice Point: The applicable statutes of limitations for declaratory-judgment causes of action depend on the nature of the underlying allegations. Here the underlying allegations sounded in fraud, unjust enrichment and Real Property Law causes of action. All were time-barred.

 

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