Assembly Bill A6370

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of "tenant" for the purposes of required notice during a mortgage foreclosure action

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6370 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5357
Law Section:
Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1305, RPAP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10116, S7792
2017-2018: A2803, S5655

2019-A6370 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of "tenant" for the purposes of required notice during a mortgage foreclosure action.

2019-A6370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6370
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
   relation to the definition of "tenant" for purposes of mortgage  fore-
   closures
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1305 of the  real
 property  actions  and  proceedings  law, as added by chapter 507 of the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) "Tenant" shall mean  any  person  who  [at  the  time  the  notice
 required  by  subdivision four of section thirteen hundred three of this
 article] appears as a lessee on a lease of one or more dwelling units of
 a residential real property that is subordinate to the mortgage on  such
 residential  real property; or who at such time is a party to an oral or
 implied rental agreement with the mortgagor and obligated to pay rent to
 the mortgagor or such mortgagor's representative, for the use  or  occu-
 pancy of one or more dwelling units of a residential real property.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law,  and  shall  apply  to
 actions commenced on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05591-01-9

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