Closings glossary
Violation (cited against the premises)
An agency record that a condition at a property does not comply with a code or rule. It attaches to the premises and follows the property through a sale.
What happens to a violation when a building is sold?
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The full definition
An agency record that a condition at a property does not comply with a code or rule. It attaches to the premises and follows the property through a sale.
Which related terms should you know?
These are the terms that come up alongside violation (cited against the premises) in the same file.
- Certificate of Correction
- The filing that certifies to a City agency that a cited condition has been corrected. Acceptance by the agency, not the repair itself, is what closes the violation in the record.
- ECB judgment
- The judgment entered on an unpaid or defaulted summons heard at OATH (formerly ECB). It is a collectible City debt tied to the respondent and to the cited premises.
- OATH Hearings Division
- The City tribunal, OATH (formerly ECB), that adjudicates summonses from most New York City enforcement agencies. Unpaid or defaulted summonses become collectible judgments.
- Open permit
- A DOB permit filed for work that was never signed off. Closing it usually means a licensed professional filing for inspection or formally withdrawing the job.
- Municipal search
- The record search covering agency violations, municipal arrears and occupancy documents for a property. It runs alongside the land records search rather than inside it.
Where does violation (cited against the premises) come up in a New York City closing?
An HPD lead paint violation on a Bronx building is still open at closing, so the buyer takes it, and the contract sets who funds the repair.
What else should you read before closing?
Zoning and land use
- What a zoning problem does to a pending closingA zoning problem is usually not a title defect, which is exactly why it is dangerous. It reaches the deal through the contract, the lender and the ...
- DOB objections on zoning groundsA plan examiner raises a zoning objection when the filing does not match the Zoning Resolution. Here are the four ways it is cleared and how long e...
- Certificate of no harassmentFor covered buildings, HPD must certify no tenant harassment before DOB issues a demolition or major alteration permit. It is a hard gate on the sc...
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