NY Real Property Law › Article 7: Landlord and Tenant

§ 221 Rent due on life leases recoverable

§ 221. Rent due on life leases recoverable. Rent due on a lease for life or lives is recoverable by action, as well after as before the death of the person on whose life the rent depends, and in the same manner as rent due on a lease for years.

Source: NY Real Property Law, as published by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service
Last amended: Effective September 22, 2014
Checked: Matched the official code on October 1, 2026

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