NY Real Property Law › Article 7: Landlord and Tenant
§ 225 Notice of action adverse to possession of tenant
§ 225. Notice of action adverse to possession of tenant. Where a process or summons in an action to recover the real property occupied by him, or the possession thereof, is served upon a tenant, he must forthwith give notice thereof to his landlord; otherwise he forfeits the value of three years' rent of such property, to the landlord or other person of whom he holds.
- 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
Amendment history
- Text in force in this form since 2014-09-22 per NY Senate Open Legislation (eff. 9/22/2014)
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