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NY Real Prop L § 339-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-A - Subdivided Lands 339-B - Powers of Department.

§  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 of state by its examiner or other officer designated by it is   empowered  to  subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them   under oath before him or a magistrate, a court of record or a  judge  or   justice  thereof and require the production of any books or papers which   he deems relevant or material to the inquiry. Such power of subpoena and   examination shall not abate or terminate by  reason  of  any  action  or   proceeding  brought  by  the department of state under this article. The   provisions for payment of witness fee and/or mileage do not apply to any   officer, director or person in the employ of  any  person,  partnership,   corporation,  company,  trust  or association whose conduct or practices   are being investigated. A subpoena issued under this  section  shall  be   regulated  by  the  civil  practice law and rules and, in addition, if a   person subpoenaed to attend such inquiry fails to obey the command of  a   subpoena  without  reasonable  cause,  or if a person in attendance upon   such inquiry shall without reasonable cause refuse to be sworn or to  be   examined  or  to  answer  a  question or to produce a book or paper when   ordered so to do by the officer conducting such inquiry, or if a person,   partnership, corporation, company, trust or association fails to perform   any act required hereunder to be performed, he  shall  be  guilty  of  a   misdemeanor.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all public officers, their   deputies, assistants, subordinates, clerks or employees  and  all  other   persons  to  render and furnish to the department of state, its examiner   or  other  designated  officer  when  requested  all   information   and   assistance  in  their  possession  or  within  their  power. Any officer   participating in such inquiry who shall disclose  to  any  person  other   than  the  secretary  of  state  the name of any witness examined or any   other information obtained upon such inquiry except as directed  by  the   secretary of state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Real Prop L § 339-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-D - Short Title.

§  339-d. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as   the "condominium act."
NY Real Prop L § 339-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-F - Application of Article.

§  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 subject to  the  authority  of and  review  by  the  county planning agency as set forth in section two hundred thirty-nine-n of article twelve-B of the general municipal  law, irrespective  of  and  notwithstanding  the  distance requirement of the second unnumbered paragraph of such section, and as though the  property were  a subdivision plat subject to such section. This subdivision shall not be applicable to:  (i) property which has received local planning board approval prior to December twenty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight; or  (ii) property submitted to the provisions of this article on which any building or buildings or any portion thereof  has  been  rented  to  any tenant or tenants.
NY Real Prop L § 339-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-G - Status of Units.

§  339-g.  Status  of  units.  Each  unit,  together  with  its common   interest, shall for all purposes constitute real property.
NY Real Prop L § 339-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-H - Ownership of Units.

§  339-h. Ownership of units. Each unit owner shall be entitled to the   exclusive ownership and possession of his unit.
NY Real Prop L § 339-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-J - Compliance With By-Laws and Rules and Regulations.

§  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  sums due, for damages or injunctive relief or both maintainable   by the board of managers on behalf of the unit owners or,  in  a  proper   case,  by  an  aggrieved unit owner. In any case of flagrant or repeated   violation by a unit owner, he may be required by the board  of  managers   to give sufficient surety or sureties for his future compliance with the   by-laws, rules, regulations, resolutions and decisions.  Notwithstanding   the  foregoing  provisions  of this section, no action or proceeding for   any relief may be maintained due to the display of a flag of the  United   States measuring not more than four feet by six feet.
NY Real Prop L § 339-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-K - Certain Work Prohibited.

§  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   basement  or  cellar,  without in every such case the consent of all the   unit owners affected being first obtained.
NY Real Prop L § 339-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-L - Liens Against Common Elements; Liens Against Units; Liens for Labor Performed or Materials Furnished.

§ 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 the   common elements except with the unanimous consent of  the  unit  owners.   During  such  period,  liens  may  arise  or be created only against the   several units and their respective common interests.2. Labor performed on or materials furnished to a unit  shall  not  be   the  basis  for the filing of a lien pursuant to article two of the lien   law against the unit of any unit owner not expressly  consenting  to  or   requesting  the  same, except in the case of emergency repairs. No labor   performed on or materials furnished to the common elements shall be  the   basis  for  a  lien  thereon,  but all common charges received and to be   received by the board of managers, and the right to receive such  funds,   shall  constitute trust funds for the purpose of paying the cost of such   labor or materials performed or furnished at the express request or with   the consent of the manager, managing agent or board of managers, and the   same shall be expended first for such purpose before expending any  part   of the same for any other purpose.
NY Real Prop L § 339-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-M - Common Profits and Expenses.

§  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 provided in section three hundred thirty-nine-bb. Notwithstanding any   provision  of  this  article,  profits  and  expenses  may  be specially   allocated and apportioned by the board of managers in a manner different   from common profits and expenses, to one or more  non-residential  units   where  so authorized by the declaration and bylaws. In the case of units   in any  building,  residential  or  non-residential,  or  a  combination   thereof, profits and expenses may be specially allocated and apportioned   based  on  special or exclusive use or availability or exclusive control   of particular units or common areas by particular  unit  owners,  if  so   authorized  by  the  declaration  and bylaws, in a manner different from   common profits and  expenses.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  this   article,  common expenses may be charged to the owners of units that are   subject  to  a  regulatory  agreement  with  a  governmental  entity  or   instrumentality  limiting  the household income of the residents of such   units upon initial occupancy that are  less  than  the  common  expenses   charged to owners of other units where such lesser charges are necessary   to  ensure that the combined common expenses, mortgage and other housing   costs paid by owners of units subject to such regulatory  agreements  do   not  exceed  thirty  percent  of the household income limit specified in   such regulatory agreements. Where so authorized by the  declaration  and   bylaws,  common  expenses  may  be charged to owners of units subject to   such regulatory agreements in a manner that (i) is not  proportional  to   the  respective  common interests of such owners, (ii) limits the amount   charged to such owners, or (iii) limits the rate  at  which  the  amount   charged  to  such  owners  may  increase.  The existence of such special   allocation of common expenses and its financial impact  upon  all  units   shall be disclosed as a special risk in any offering plan.
NY Real Prop L § 339-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-O - Contents of Deeds and Leases of Units.

§  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  solely by naming the city, village or town and the   county in which the unit is located and referring to the liber, page and   date of recording of the declaration.2. The unit designation of the unit in the declaration and  any  other   data necessary for its proper identification.3. Statement of the use for which the unit is intended.4. The common interest appertaining to the unit.5.  Any  further  details  which  the  grantor  and  grantee  may deem   desirable to set forth.
NY Real Prop L § 339-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-P - Copy of Floor Plans to Be Filed.

§  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   declarants'  names,  and  bearing the verified statement of a registered   architect or licensed professional engineer certifying  that  it  is  an   accurate copy of portions of the plans of the building as filed with and   approved  by  the  municipal  or  other  governmental subdivision having   jurisdiction over the  issuance  of  permits  for  the  construction  of   buildings.  If  such  floor  plans  do  not  contain  unit  designations   certified by the appropriate local tax authorities as conforming to  the   official  tax  lot  number,  there  shall  be filed in the office of the   recording officer prior to the first conveyance of a unit a  floor  plan   containing  a  unit  designation  certified by the appropriate local tax   authority as conforming to the official tax lot number. It shall be  the   duty  of  the appropriate local tax authority to provide such number for   each unit upon completion of such unit. If such plans do not  include  a   verified  statement  by such architect or engineer that such plans fully   and  fairly  depict  the  layout,  location,   unit   designations   and   approximate  dimensions  of any particular unit or units as built, there   shall be recorded prior to each first conveyance of such particular unit   or units an amendment to the declaration to which shall  be  attached  a   verified  statement  of  a registered architect or licensed professional   engineer certifying that the plans theretofore  filed,  or  being  filed   simultaneously  with such amendment, fully and fairly depict the layout,   location, unit designations and approximate dimensions of the particular   unit or units as built. Such plans shall  be  designated  "condominium",   assigned  a file number and kept on file by the recording officer.  Such   plans shall be indexed under the names of  the  declarants  and  in  the   block  index  if  any.  The  record  of  the declaration shall contain a   reference to the file number of the floor plans of the building affected   thereby.
NY Real Prop L § 339-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-Q - Filing With Board.

§  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.
NY Real Prop L § 339-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-R - Blanket Mortgages and Other Blanket Liens Affecting a Unit at Time of First Conveyance.

§ 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 conveyed   and its common interest shall be released therefrom by  partial  release   duly recorded.
NY Real Prop L § 339-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-S - Recording.

§  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 with the same effect as provided in said article nine. The recording   officer  shall  not accept such an instrument constituting a condominium   map unless it has endorsed thereon or attached thereto a certificate  of   the  county  director  of  real  property  tax  services  that  the  fee   authorized by section five hundred three of the real property  tax  law,   if any, has been paid. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof   shall be valid unless duly recorded.2.  Each  such  declaration,  and  any amendment or amendments thereof   shall be filed with the department of state.
NY Real Prop L § 339-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-T - Withdrawal From Provisions of This Article.

§  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   number and common interest, as may be specified in the by-laws, then the   property shall be subject to an action for partition by any  unit  owner   or lienor as if owned in common, in which event the net proceeds of sale   shall  be  divided  among  all  the  unit  owners in proportion to their   respective common interests, provided, however, that no payment shall be   made to a unit owner until there has first been  paid  off  out  of  his   share  of  such  net proceeds all liens on his unit.  Such withdrawal of   the property from this article shall not bar its  subsequent  submission   to  the  provisions of this article in accordance with the terms of this   article.
NY Real Prop L § 339-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-U - By-Laws.

§  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   recorded.
NY Real Prop L § 339-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-W - Books of Receipts and Expenditures; Availability for Examination.

§   339-w.  Books  of  receipts  and  expenditures;  availability  for   examination. The manager or board of managers, as the case may be, shall   keep detailed, accurate records, in chronological order, of the receipts   and expenditures arising  from  the  operation  of  the  property.  Such   records and the vouchers authorizing the payments shall be available for   examination  by  the  unit  owners  at  convenient  hours of weekdays. A   written report summarizing  such  receipts  and  expenditures  shall  be   rendered  by  the  board  of  managers  to all unit owners at least once   annually.
NY Real Prop L § 339-X (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-X - Waiver of Use of Common Elements; Abandonment of Unit; Conveyance to Board of Managers.

§  339-x.  Waiver  of  use  of  common  elements; abandonment of unit;   conveyance to board of managers. No unit owner may exempt  himself  from   liability  for  his  common charges by waiver of the use or enjoyment of   any of the common elements or by abandonment of  his  unit.  Subject  to   such  terms  and conditions as may be specified in the by-laws, any unit   owner may, by conveying his unit and his common interest to the board of   managers on behalf of all other unit owners, exempt himself from  common   charges thereafter accruing.
NY Real Prop L § 339-Z (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-Z - Lien for Common Charges; Priority; Exoneration of Grantor and Grantee.

§ 339-z. Lien for common charges; priority; exoneration of grantor and   grantee. The board of managers, on behalf of the unit owners, shall have   a lien on each unit for the unpaid common charges thereof, together with   interest  thereon,  prior  to  all other liens except only (i) liens for   taxes on the unit in favor  of  any  assessing  unit,  school  district,   special district, county or other taxing unit, (ii) all sums unpaid on a   first  mortgage  of  record,  and (iii) all sums unpaid on a subordinate   mortgage of record held by the New York job development  authority,  the   New  York  state  urban development corporation, the division of housing   and community renewal, the housing trust fund corporation, the New  York   city  housing  development corporation, or in a city having a population   of one million or more, the  department  of  housing,  preservation  and   development.  Upon  the sale or conveyance of a unit, such unpaid common   charges shall be paid out of the sale proceeds or by  the  grantee.  Any   grantor  or  grantee of a unit shall be entitled to a statement from the   manager or board of managers, setting forth the  amount  of  the  unpaid   common  charges  accrued  against the unit, and neither such grantor nor   grantee shall be liable for, nor shall the unit conveyed be subject to a   lien for, any unpaid common charges against such unit accrued  prior  to   such   conveyance   in   excess   of   the  amount  therein  set  forth.   Notwithstanding   the   above,   the   declaration   of   an   exclusive   non-residential condominium may provide that the lien for common charges   will be superior to any mortgage liens of record.
NY Real Prop L § 339-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-BB - Insurance.

§  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 of any   change therein or termination thereof to each unit owner. In the case of   a qualified leasehold condominium, such insurance shall be  required  in   any  event,  and shall be in an amount equal to full replacement cost of   the building. The policy or policies of such insurance shall be  updated   annually to maintain such insurance in such amount. Nothing herein shall   prejudice  the  right  of each unit owner to insure his own unit for his   own benefit. The premiums for such insurance on the  building  shall  be   deemed  common expenses, provided, however, that in charging the same to   the unit owners consideration may be given to the higher  premium  rates   on some units than on others.
NY Real Prop L § 339-CC (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-CC - Repair or Reconstruction.

§ 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  shall   constitute  common expenses; provided, however, that if three-fourths or   more  of  the  building  is  destroyed  or  substantially  damaged   and   seventy-five  per  cent  or  more  of  the  unit  owners do not duly and   promptly resolve to proceed with repair or restoration, then and in that   event the property or so much thereof as shall remain, shall be  subject   to an action for partition at the suit of any unit owner or lienor as if   owned  in common, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with   the net proceeds of insurance policies, if any, shall be  considered  as   one fund and shall be divided among all the unit owners in proportion to   their  respective  common  interests, provided, however, that no payment   shall be made to a unit owner until there has first been paid off out of   his share of such fund all liens on his unit.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one  hereof,  in  the   case  of a qualified leasehold condominium, any damage to or destruction   of the building shall be promptly  repaired  and  reconstructed  by  the   board  of managers, and the proceeds of the insurance policy or policies   required for qualified leasehold condominiums pursuant to the provisions   of section three hundred thirty-nine-bb of this chapter shall  first  be   applied to such repair and reconstruction.
NY Real Prop L § 339-DD (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 9-B - Condominium Act 339-DD - Actions.

§ 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  one   unit.  Service  of  process on the unit owners in any action relating to   the common elements or more than one unit may  be  made  on  the  person   designated in the declaration to receive service of process.