NYC Admin Code › Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code › Subchapter 5: Legal Remedies and Enforcement › Article 7: Vacate Orders
§ 27-2141 Notice
a. The vacate order shall be served upon the owner by mailing a copy to the person last registered with the department as owner or agent by certified mail, return receipt requested. The affidavit of an employee or agent of the department, stating facts which show that the vacate order was duly addressed and mailed, shall be presumptive evidence that such vacate order was duly served.
b. The vacate order shall be served upon the occupants of the dwelling by affixing a copy prominently on the dwelling which is the subject of the vacate order.
c. An additional copy of the vacate order shall be posted on the entrance door of the dwelling which is the subject of such order, and shall not be removed until such order is revoked by the department pursuant to section 27-2142 of this code.
- Source
- NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
- Last amended
- Effective August 14, 2017
- Checked
- Matched the official code on October 1, 2026
Amendment history
- (Am. L.L. 2017/014, 2/15/2017, eff. 8/14/2017)
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