New York Real Property Law

Every section of the New York Real Property Law, in order — 463 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 1 — Short title
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 2 — Definitions
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 10 — Capacity to hold real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 11 — Capacity to transfer real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 15 — Title through noncitizen
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 16 — Liabilities of noncitizen holders of real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 17 — Heirs of patriotic Indian
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 18 — Mines in Saint Lawrence county
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 119 — Purchase by mortgage trustee
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 120 — Operation and sale by mortgage trustee
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 120-a — Liquidation of mortgage by trustee
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 121 — Reorganization of property covered by trust mortgage
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 122 — Procedure of reorganization and expenses in connection therewith
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 122-a — Modification of trust mortgages given in prior re-organizations
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 123 — Preserving existing rights
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 124 — Purpose and application of article
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 125 — Definitions
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 126 — Trust indentures
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 127 — Restrictions on trustees
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 128 — Minimum bid of trustee at sale on foreclosure to be fixed by court
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 129 — No deposit agreement shall be valid or binding which does not set forth the following provisions for the protection of the bondholders: (...
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-a — Restrictions on committees
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-b — Managing agents and management companies
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-c — Voting trustees and voting trust agreements
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-d — Fees and allowances
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-e — Removal of trustees, committees or depositaries
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-f — Actions for accounting by minority groups; expenses thereof
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-g — Violations and penalties
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-h — Construction of article
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-i — Separability
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-j — Right to appeal
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 130-k — Exemptions from restrictions on trustees and trust indentures
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 189 — Estate of curtesy abolished
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 190 — Dower
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 190-b — Lands reacquired by the husband
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 191 — Dower in lands exchanged
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 192 — Dower in lands mortgaged before marriage
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 193 — Dower in lands mortgaged for purchase-money
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 194 — Surplus proceeds of sale under purchase-money mortgages
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 195 — Widow of mortgagee not endowed
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 196 — When dower barred by misconduct
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 196-a — When dower barred by dissolution of marriage
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 197 — When dower barred by jointure
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 198 — When dower barred by pecuniary provisions
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 199 — When widow to elect between jointure and dower
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 200 — Election between devise and dower
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 201 — When deemed to have elected
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 202 — When provision in lieu of dower is forfeited
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 203 — Effect of acts of husband
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 204 — Widow's quarantine
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 205 — Widow may bequeath a crop
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 206 — Divorced woman may release dower
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 207 — Married woman may release dower by attorney
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 210 — Short title
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 211 — Definitions
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 212 — Applicability in the city of New York
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 213 — Voluntary participation by local governments outside the city of New York
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 214 — Covered housing accommodations
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 215 — Necessity for good cause
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 216 — Grounds for removal of tenants
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 217 — Preservation of existing requirements of law
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 218 — Waiver of rights void
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 220 — Action for use and occupation
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 221 — Rent due on life leases recoverable
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 222 — When rent is apportionable
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 223 — Rights where property or lease is transferred
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 223-a — Remedies of lessee when possession is not delivered
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 223-b — Retaliation by landlord against tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 224 — Attornment by tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 225 — Notice of action adverse to possession of tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 226 — Effect of renewal on sub-lease
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 226-a — Effect of new lease on tenant's right to remove fixtures or improvements
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 226-b — Right to sublease or assign
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 226-c — Notice of rent increase or non-renewal of residential tenancy
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227 — When tenant may surrender premises
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227-a — Termination of residential lease by senior citizens or individuals with a disability moving to a residence of a family member or entering...
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227-b — Termination of certain contracts by senior citizens
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227-c — Termination of residential lease by victims of domestic violence
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227-d — Discrimination based on domestic violence status; prohibited
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227-e — Landlord duty to mitigate damages
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 227-f — Denial on the basis of involvement in prior disputes prohibited
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 228 — Termination of tenancies at will or by sufferance, by notice
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 229 — Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 230 — Right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants' groups
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 231 — Lease, when void; liability of landlord where premises are occupied for unlawful purpose
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 231-a — Sprinkler system notice in residential leases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 231-b — Flood history and risk notice in residential leases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 231-c — Good cause eviction law notice
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 232 — Duration of certain agreements in New York
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 232-a — Notice to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to month in the city of New York
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 232-b — Notification to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to month outside the city of New York
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 232-c — Holding over by a tenant after expiration of a term longer than one month; effect of acceptance of rent
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 233 — Manufactured home parks; duties, responsibilities
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 233-a — Sale of manufactured home parks
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 233-b — Manufactured home parks; rent increases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 233-b — Campgrounds
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 233-c — Residential ground lease cooperative apartment buildings
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 234 — Right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or summary proceedings arising out of leases of residential property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 234-a — Unauthorized legal fees
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235 — Wilful violations
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-a — Tenant right to offset payments and entitlement to damages in certain cases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-b — Warranty of habitability
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-bb — Certificates of occupancy; required disclosure to tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-c — Unconscionable lease or clause
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-d — Harassment
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-e — Duty to provide a written receipt
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-f — Unlawful restrictions on occupancy
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-g — Electronic billing and/or payment of rent
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-h — Waiver of right to bring a declaratory judgment action
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-i — Unreasonable tenant fees for reproductions of keys
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 235-j — Duty to inform of bed bug infestation
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 236 — Assignment of lease of a deceased tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 236-a — Termination of lease of a deceased tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 237 — Discrimination in leases with respect to bearing of children
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 237-a — Discrimination against children in dwelling houses and manufactured home parks
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 238 — Agreements or contracts for privileges to deal with occupants of tenements, apartment houses or bungalow colonies
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 238-a — Limitation on fees
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239 — Legislative findings
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-b — Only approved portable kerosene heaters permitted in structures
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-c — Approval by the secretary of state
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-d — Sale of unapproved portable kerosene heaters
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-e — Portable kerosene heaters prohibited in multiple dwellings
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-f — Penalties for violation
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 239-g — Application of article
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 240 — Definitions and use of terms
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 240-b — Certain conveyances authorized; effect thereof
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 240-c — Joint tenancy severance
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 241 — Ancient conveyances abolished
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 242 — Disclosure prior to the sale of real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 243 — Grant of fee or freehold
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 244 — When grant takes effect
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 245 — Estate which passes by grant or devise
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 246 — Certain deeds declared grants
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 247 — Conveyance by tenant for life or years of greater estate than possessed
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 248 — Effect of conveyance where property is leased
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 249 — Covenants in mortgages
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 251 — Covenants not implied
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 252 — Lineal and collateral warranties abolished
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 253 — Construction of covenants in grants of freehold interests
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254 — Construction of clauses and covenants in mortgages and bonds or notes
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254-a — Right of election of mortgagee in certain cases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254-b — Limitation on late charges
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254-c — Right to a copy of real property appraisals and consumer reports in certain cases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 254-d — Fees by mortgagee for direct payment of real property taxes by mortgagor prohibited
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 255 — Construction of grant of appurtenances and of all the rights and estate of grantor
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 256 — Construction of grant in executor's or trustee's deed of appurtenances, and of the estate of testator and grantor
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 257 — Covenants bind representatives of grantor and mortgagor and inure to the benefit of whom
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 258 — Short forms of deeds and mortgages
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 259-c — Provision in lease of real property for waiver of trial by jury in actions for personal injury or property damage
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 260 — Lands adversely held may be conveyed or mortgaged
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 261 — Maintenance of telegraph or other electric wires raises no presumption of grant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 265 — Fraudulent intent, question of fact
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 265-a — Home equity theft prevention
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 265-b — Distressed property consulting contracts
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 266 — Rights of purchaser or incumbrancer for valuable consideration protected
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 267 — Conveyances with power to revoke, determine or alter
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 268 — Disaffirmance of fraudulent act by executor and others
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 269 — When remainderman may pay interest owed by life tenant
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 270 — Powers of courts of equity not abridged
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 271 — Construction of covenants in mortgages on leases of real property and bonds or notes
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 272 — Construction of grant of appurtenances, and all of the rights and estate of the mortgagor
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 273 — What form of mortgage on lease of real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 274 — Transfers and mortgages of interest in decedents' estates
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 274-a — Certificate of principal amount unpaid on mortgages of real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 275 — Certificate of discharge of mortgage required
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 276 — Effect of certain easements on the right to invest in mortgages
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 277 — Modification and extension of mortgage investment
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 277-a — Powers of fiduciaries and others holding guaranteed mortgages or mortgage investments
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 278 — Exchange of mortgage investment
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 278-a — Sale or exchange of certain real property or mortgage investments therein authorized
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 279 — Graduated payment mortgage
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 280 — Reverse mortgage loans for persons sixty years of age or older
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 280-a — Reverse mortgage loans for persons seventy years of age or older
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 280-b — Federal home equity conversion mortgage regulation
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 280-d — Federal home equity conversion mortgage default and foreclosure regulation
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 281 — Credit line mortgage
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 282 — Mortgagor's right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or proceedings arising out of foreclosures of residential property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 283 — Limits on amount of flood insurance required by mortgagee
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 290 — Definitions; effect of article
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291 — Recording of conveyances
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-a — Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county; duties of county and town clerks
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-b — Recording conveyances of land in towns in Cattaraugus county; duties of county and town clerks
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-c — Recording memoranda of leases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-cc — Recording modifications of leases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-d — Recording of master forms of mortgage covenants and clauses; incorporation thereof by reference
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-e — Exceptions, reservations and recitals referring to unrecorded conveyances and contracts for sale of real property
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-f — Rights where recorded mortgage restricts landlord's action in respect to leases
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-g — Recording insurance information
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-h — Recording of liens by the state
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-i — Validity of electronic recording
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291-j — Recording of declarations by the New York state energy research and development authority
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 292 — By whom conveyance must be acknowledged or proved
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 292-a — Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 293 — Recording of conveyances heretofore acknowledged or proved
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 294 — Recording executory contracts and powers of attorney
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 294-a — Recording assignments of rent
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 294-b — Recording brokers affidavit of entitlement to commission for completed brokerage services
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 295 — Recording of letters patent
• N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 296 — Recording copies of instruments which are in secretary of state's office