Title RPP, Real Property

§ 333-a. Same; maps to be filed. No conveyance of real property or other document relating to real property, executed on or after July first, nineteen hundred thirty-one, which contains a recital of or a reference to a map made on or after that date or which has thereunto attach…

§ 333-b. Recording of maps or plot plans. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, a map or plot plan showing property boundaries and data not relating to subdivisions and the filing thereof may be recorded in the same manner as a deed, if the map or plot plan is…

§ 333-c. Lands in agricultural districts; disclosure. 1. When any purchase and sales contract is presented for the sale, purchase, or exchange of real property located partially or wholly within an agricultural district established pursuant to the provisions of article twenty-fi…

§ 334. Maps to be filed; penalty for nonfiling. 1. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation who, as owner or agent, subdivides real property into lots, plots, blocks or sites, with or without streets, for the purpose of offering such lots, plots, blocks or sites for s…

§ 334-a. Filing of subdivision maps in Nassau county; penalty for non-filing. 1. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation, excepting church cemetery corporations attached to a religious parish within the county of Nassau, who, as owner or agent of real property situat…

§ 335. Filing of maps and abandonment of subdivisions in Suffolk county; penalty for nonfiling. 1. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation, excepting church cemetery organizations, attached to a religious parish within the county of Suffolk, who as owner or agent sub…

§ 335-a. Easements of necessity. The owner of any lot, plot, block, site or other parcel of real estate being a subdivision or part of a subdivision of any larger parcel or parcels of real property shown upon a map of said parcel or parcels of real property and of its subdivisio…

§ 335-b. Recording of solar energy easements. 1. Any easement obtained for the purpose of exposure of a solar energy device shall be created in writing and shall be subject to the same conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements. 2. Any instrument creat…

§ 336. Effect of recording demands or requirements of noncitizen property custodian. The recording in any county clerk's or register's office of a demand or requirement against real property described therein, made by or on behalf of the noncitizen property custodian under and p…

§ 337. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. The words "subdivided lands" and "subdivision" mean vacant land or lands sold or leased on the installment plan or offered for sale or lease on such plan and also vacant land or lands situated outside the state of New York and sold…

§ 337-a. Provisions governing sale or lease of subdivided lands. No subdivider shall sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease to the public within this state, as principal, broker or agent or otherwise, subdivided vacant lands or any part thereof, unless and until such subdivider…

§ 337-b. Offering statement; contents; prohibitions. 1. Contents. The offering statement shall contain (a) the names, addresses, business background of the subdivider, and if such subdivider is a partnership or corporation, the names, addresses and business background of each of…

§ 337-c. Right to cancel. Every contract or agreement for the sale or lease of subdivided lands shall expressly grant to the purchaser or lessee the absolute right to cancel the contract or agreement within seven days following the signing of the contract or agreement, by giving…

§ 338. Inspection power of department of state; unlawful practices; penalties. 1. The department of state may cause an investigation and an inspection to be made of any subdivision of vacant land proposed to be offered for sale or lease in this state pursuant to this article and…

§ 339. Filing fees. Each filing made pursuant to section three hundred thirty-seven-a of subdivided lands situated outside the state of New York shall be accompanied by a filing fee of seven hundred fifty dollars plus an additional fee of ten dollars for each lot to be offered i…

§ 339-a. Rules and regulations. The department of state shall have the power to adopt from time to time or amend such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

§ 339-aa. Lien for common charges; duration; foreclosure. The lien provided for in section three hundred thirty-nine-z of this article shall be effective from and after the filing in the office of the recording officer in which the declaration is filed a verified notice of lien …

§ 339-b. Powers of department. The department of state may also require such other data and information as it may deem relevant and may make such special and independent investigations as it may deem necessary in connection with the administration of this article. The department…

§ 339-bb. Insurance. The board of managers shall, if required by the declaration, the by-laws or by a majority of the unit owners, insure the building against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards as shall be required, and shall give written notice of such insurance and …

§ 339-c. Action by department of state. 1. Whenever the department of state shall believe from evidence satisfactory to it that a subdivider has engaged in, is engaged or is about to engage in any of the practices or transactions heretofore referred to as fraudulent practices, i…

§ 339-cc. Repair or reconstruction. 1. Except as hereinafter provided, damage to or destruction of the building shall be promptly repaired and reconstructed by the board of managers, using the proceeds of insurance, if any, on the building for that purpose, and any deficiency sh…

§ 339-d. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "condominium act."

§ 339-dd. Actions. Actions may be brought or proceedings instituted by the board of managers in its discretion, on behalf of two or more of the unit owners, as their respective interests may appear, with respect to any cause of action relating to the common elements or more than…

§ 339-e. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Building" means a multi-unit building or buildings, or a group of buildings whether or not attached to each other, comprising a part of the property. * 1-a. "Capital replacement" means a bu…

§ 339-ee. Effect of other laws. 1. All units of a property which shall\nbe submitted to the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be\ncooperative interests in realty within the meaning of section three\nhundred fifty-two-e of the general business law. Article nine-A of t…

§ 339-f. Application of article. 1. This article shall be applicable only to property the sole owner or all the owners of which submit the same to the provisions hereof by duly executing and recording a declaration as hereinafter provided. 2. Such property shall be submitted and…

§ 339-ff. Mortgage investments on units by state agencies, insurers, banking organizations and fiduciaries; limitation to first mortgages. (a) The following persons: (1) public officers, bodies of the state, municipalities, and municipal subdivisions, (2) persons doing an insura…

§ 339-g. Status of units. Each unit, together with its common interest, shall for all purposes constitute real property.

§ 339-gg. Severability. If any provision of this article or any section, sentence, clause, phrase or word, or the application thereof in any circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the article and of the application of any such provision, section, sentence…

§ 339-h. Ownership of units. Each unit owner shall be entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of his unit.

§ 339-hh. Reservation of power. The legislature reserves the right to alter, amend, suspend or repeal in whole or in part this article. Any such change in this article shall be effective notwithstanding any provisions of any declaration or by-laws.

§ 339-i. Common elements. 1. Each unit shall have appurtenant thereto a common interest as expressed in the declaration. Such interest shall be (i) in the approximate proportion that the fair value of the unit at the date of the declaration bears to the then aggregate fair value…

§ 339-ii. Construction. This article shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

§ 339-j. Compliance with by-laws and rules and regulations. Each unit owner shall comply strictly with the by-laws and with rules, regulations, resolutions and decisions adopted pursuant thereto. Failure to comply with any of the same shall be ground for an action to recover sum…

§ 339-jj. Borrowing by board of managers. 1. To the extent authorized by the declaration or the by-laws, the board of managers, on behalf of the unit owners, may incur debt. In addition, subject to any limitations set forth in the declaration or the by-laws, the board of manager…

§ 339-k. Certain work prohibited. No unit owner shall do any work which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce the value thereof or impair any easement or hereditament, nor may any unit owner add any material structure or excavate any additional basemen…

§ 339-kk. Rents. (a) For the purposes of this section, "non-occupying owner" shall mean a unit owner in a condominium association who does not occupy the dwelling unit. (b) If a non-occupying owner rents any dwelling unit to a rental tenant and then fails to make payments due fo…

§ 339-l. Liens against common elements; liens against units; liens for labor performed or materials furnished. 1. Subsequent to recording the declaration and while the property remains subject to this article, no lien of any nature shall thereafter arise or be created against th…

§ 339-ll. Electric vehicle charging station installation. 1. As used in this section: (a) "Reasonable restrictions" means restrictions that do not significantly increase the cost of the station or significantly decrease its efficiency or specified performance. (b) "Electric vehi…

§ 339-m. Common profits and expenses. The common profits of the property shall be distributed among, and the common expenses shall be charged to, the unit owners according to their respective common interests, provided however, that expenses of insurance may be charged as provid…

* § 339-mm. Establishment of reserve fund and dedicated capital fund for buildings converting to condominium ownership under section three hundred fifty-two-eeeee of the general business law. 1. Within thirty days after the consummation of a preservation plan, the offeror thereo…

§ 339-n. Contents of declaration. The declaration shall contain the following particulars: 1. A statement of intention to submit the property to the provisions of this article. 2. Description of the land on which the building and improvements are or are to be located. 3. Descrip…

§ 339-o. Contents of deeds and leases of units. Deeds and leases of units shall include the following particulars: 1. Description of the land as provided in subsection two of section three hundred thirty-nine-n and the liber, page and date of recording of the declaration or sole…

§ 339-p. Copy of floor plans to be filed. Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a set of the floor plans of the building showing the layout, locations, and approximate dimensions of the units, stating the…

§ 339-q. Filing with board. True copies of the floor plans, the declaration, the by-laws and any rules and regulations shall be kept on file in the office of the board of managers and shall be available for inspection at convenient hours of weekdays by persons having an interest…

§ 339-r. Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting a unit at time of first conveyance. At the time of the first conveyance of each unit, every mortgage and other lien affecting such unit and any other unit shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the unit being convey…

§ 339-s. Recording. 1. The declaration, any amendment or amendments thereof, and every instrument affecting the property or any unit included within the meaning of "conveyance" as used in article nine of this chapter, shall be entitled to be indexed and recorded pursuant to and …

§ 339-t. Withdrawal from provisions of this article. If withdrawal of the property from this article is authorized by at least eighty per cent in number and in common interest of the units, or by at least such larger percentage either in number or in common interest, or in both …

§ 339-u. By-laws. The operation of the property shall be governed by by-laws, a true copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration. No modification of or amendment to the by-laws shall be valid unless set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is duly re…

§ 339-v. Contents of by-laws. 1. The by-laws shall provide for at least the following: (a) The nomination and election of a board of managers, the number of persons constituting the same, and that the terms of at least one-third of the members of such board shall expire annually…