§ 712. Answer. 1. The respondent shall serve a verified answer upon\nthe petitioner at least five days prior to the return day unless the\ntime to serve such answer has been extended by the parties or the court\nfor good cause shown; provided, however, that if the respondent fails to\nserve such answer within the required time, all allegations of the\npetition shall be deemed denied. A motion to dismiss the petition shall\nnot be denied merely on the ground that an answer has been deemed made.\n 2. The respondent shall not be required to attach the original\nassessment roll or other original papers acted upon by him, but it shall\nbe sufficient to incorporate the same by reference in the answer.\n 2-a. After receiving a copy of the petition and notice, any school\ndistrict, except a school district governed by article fifty-two of the\neducation law, or a school district in a special assessing unit as\ndefined in article eighteen of this chapter which is not a city, or a\nschool district in a county governed by chapter three hundred eleven of\nthe laws of nineteen hundred twenty as amended by chapter one hundred\nthirty of the laws of nineteen hundred thirty-five, may become a party\nin the proceeding initiated by petitioner to review its tax assessment,\nby serving a verified answer upon the petitioner and respondent or by\nserving a copy of the "notice of appearance", as described herein, upon\nthe petitioner and respondent at least five days prior to the return\ndate unless the time to serve such answer has been extended by the\nparties or by the court for good cause shown or unless the school\ndistrict did not receive the notice at least twenty days prior to the\nreturn date, in which case the school district shall have twenty days\nfrom the receipt of notice to intervene as a respondent in the\nproceeding. In the event the school district serves a copy of the\n"notice of appearance" upon the petitioner and respondent, for purposes\nof the action, all allegations of the petition shall be deemed denied by\nthe school district.\n 2-b. The "notice of appearance" described in subdivision two-a of this\nsection shall include the following items: the caption of the case and\nindex number, a statement of the intent of the school district to\nintervene in the action, and a statement that this notice is deemed\nsufficient to fulfill the requirements of this section.\n 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply in a city having a\npopulation of one million or more.\n
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