Your home
Renting and the landlord, and when the police may come inside.
14 sections
14 sections
- Getting The Deposit BackGen. Oblig. Law § 7-108 — at most one month's rent, and back within fourteen days with an itemized statementalso here
- When The Landlord Will Not Fix ItReal Prop. Law § 235-b — every lease carries a warranty that the home is fit to live in, and it cannot be waivedalso here
- Locked Out By The LandlordRPAPL § 768 — changing the locks, removing belongings or cutting essential services is unlawful eviction, a class A misdemeanoralso here
- Being EvictedRPAPL §§ 711, 749 — a fourteen day rent demand first, and fourteen days' notice before a warrant is carried outalso here
- Retaliatory EvictionReal Prop. Law § 223-b — a landlord's move within one year of a good faith complaint is presumed to be retaliationalso here
- Late Fees And Move In FeesReal Prop. Law § 238-a — no late fee until rent is five days late, and then $50 or 5 percent, whichever is lessalso here
- Leaving A Lease EarlyReal Prop. Law § 227-e — a landlord whose tenant leaves early has to try to rent the home to someone elsealso here
- Notice Of A Rent Increase Or Non-RenewalReal Prop. Law § 226-c — thirty, sixty or ninety days' written notice, by how long the tenant has lived therealso here
Reading A Search WarrantCPL § 690.30 — executed within ten days, between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. unless the warrant says otherwisealso here
Self DefensePenal Law § 35.15 — the force reasonably believed necessary, and a duty to retreat before deadly force except at homealso here- Orders Of ProtectionFam. Ct. Act § 842 — conditions of behavior for up to two years, or five with aggravating circumstancesalso here
- Housing DiscriminationExec. Law § 296 — refusing to sell or rent, or setting different terms, because of a protected characteristic or lawful source of incomealso here
- Door To Door SalesPers. Prop. Law § 428 — until midnight of the third business day to cancel a sale made at the dooralso here
Getting DivorcedDom. Rel. Law § 170 — seven grounds, among them a marriage broken down irretrievably for at least six monthsalso here
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