N.Y. RPP Law § 447-C — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12-D / Section 447-C
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§ 447-c. Registration. 1. (a) All counties that are covered\njurisdictions shall be required to establish a registration system for\nshort-term rental units located within such county provided, however,\nthat counties may establish shared registries.\n  (b) Paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not apply to any county\nwhich, on or before the later of December thirty-first, two thousand\ntwenty-five or nine months after the effective date of this section,\nadopts a local law stating that such county opts not to establish a\nregistration system for short-term rental units pursuant to this\nsubdivision. No such local law may be adopted after the later of\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, or nine months after\nthe effective date of this section, provided, however, that a local law\nrepealing such local law may be adopted after such date.\n  (c) The establishment of a county or multi-county short-term rental\nunit registration system pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision\nshall not prevent any city, town, or village therein from enacting local\nlaws or regulations concerning the operation of short-term rental units\nwithin such city, town, or village.\n  (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the\ncontrary, a county, city, town, or village may enact a local law\nprohibiting or further limiting the listing or use of dwelling units, or\nportions thereof, as short-term rental units or non-covered short-term\nrental units, regardless of whether such county, city, town, or village\nis or is not a covered jurisdiction or located within a covered\njurisdiction.\n  2. Short-term rental hosts shall be required to register a short-term\nrental unit with the county within which such unit is located or with\nthe multi-county registry that includes such county.\n  (a) Registration shall be valid for two years, after which time the\nshort-term rental host may renew the registration in a manner prescribed\nby the county in which the short-term rental unit is located or by the\nmulti-county registry that includes such county. The county in which the\nshort-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that\nincludes such county may revoke the registration of a short-term rental\nhost upon a determination that the short-term rental host has violated\nany provision of this article at least three times in two consecutive\ncalendar years, and may determine that the short-term rental host shall\nbe ineligible for registration for a period of up to twelve months from\nthe date of such determination or at the request of the covered\njurisdiction in which the short-term rental unit is located when such\ncovered jurisdiction requests such revocation due to illegal occupancy.\nListing or offering a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, as a short-term\nrental unit without current, valid registration shall be unlawful and\nshall make persons who list or offer such unit ineligible for\nregistration for a period of twelve months from the date a determination\nis made that a violation has occurred. Any covered jurisdiction may\ncontract with another covered jurisdiction to provide either personnel\nor services to facilitate the registration of short-term rental units or\nenforcement of such registrations.\n  (b) A short-term rental host shall include their current, valid\nregistration number on all offerings, listings or advertisements for\nshort-term rental unit guest stays.\n  (c) A tenant, or other person that does not own a unit that is used as\na short-term rental unit but is in lawful possession of a short-term\nrental unit, shall not qualify for registration if they are not the\npermanent occupant of the dwelling unit in question and have not been\ngranted permission in writing by the owner for its short-term rental.\nProof of written consent by the owner shall be provided to and verified\nby the county in which the short-term rental unit is located or by the\nmulti-county registry that includes such county before the issuing or\nrenewal of a registration number.\n  (d) The county in which the short-term rental unit is located or the\nmulti-county registry that includes such county shall make available to\nbooking services the data necessary to allow booking services to verify\nthe registration status of a short-term rental unit and that the unit is\nassociated with the short-term rental host who registered the unit.\n  (e) No short-term rental unit shall be registered unless the\nshort-term rental host has paid the application and renewal registration\nfees in an amount to be established by the county in which the\nshort-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that\nincludes such county.\n  (f) Such application and registration fees shall include a fee for the\nactual and necessary expenses associated with the construction,\noperation, and maintenance of the county or multi-county registry and\nfor the enforcement of this article.\n  (g) Nothing in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subdivision shall\nrequire a short-term rental host or booking service to comply with the\nrequirements of such paragraphs before such time as a county has\nestablished a registry or multi-county registry pursuant to paragraph\n(a) of subdivision one of this section.\n  3. A county or multi-county registry may create a registration system\nfor booking services.\n  4. If a county creates a registration system for booking services\npursuant to subdivision three of this section, the county within which a\nshort-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that\nincludes such county shall set a fee for booking service registration\nwith the county or multi-county registry that includes such county,\nprovided that such fee shall not exceed the actual and necessary\nexpenses associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of\nsuch booking services registration system.\n  5. Nothing herein shall prevent one or more counties that are covered\njurisdictions from establishing shared registration systems for\nshort-term rental units and/or booking services, provided any amount\nallocated from the application and registration fees for the\nconstruction, operation and maintenance of such shared short-term rental\nunit and/or booking service registration systems shall be remitted\npursuant to the agreement establishing such multi-county registry.\n  6. Each county that is a covered jurisdiction shall post on its\nwebsite a prominent link to its registry or the multi-county registry in\nwhich it is included.\n