Opn. No.

HON. GERALD O. WILLIAMS County Attorney, Genesee County

This is in response to your letter of January 12, 1976, wherein you ask for our opinion as to whether a single male living by himself in an apartment is entitled to a householder's exemption under CPLR 5205(a), or whether he can only qualify under CPLR5205(b) as a male non-householder.

You state that the sheriff has been asked to execute against the furniture of the single male which is now in storage.

CPLR 5205(a) provides, in part:

"The following personal property when owned by a woman or householder is exempt from application to the…