§ 447-E SECTION 447-E Penalties
RPL § 447-E
§ 447-e. Penalties. 1.
(a)Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, any booking service which collects a fee related to booking a unit as a short-term rental unit where such short-term rental unit is not registered in accordance with this article may be fined in accordance with subdivisions four and five of this section. Any covered jurisdiction in which such unregistered short-term rental unit is located or the attorney general or the attorney general's designee may also seek an injunction from a court of competent jurisdiction prohibiting the collection of any fees relating to the offering or renting of such short-term rental unit as a short-term rental.
(b)A booking service shall not be subject to a fine pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision before such time as a county has established a registry or multi-county registry pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred forty-seven-c of this article.
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3.Any person who fails to comply with any notice of violation or other order issued pursuant to this article by any covered jurisdiction in which the short-term rental unit concerning the violation is located or by the attorney general or the attorney general's designee for a violation of any provision of this article may be fined in accordance with subdivisions four and five of this section.
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5.A booking service that violates the requirements of this article may be issued a fine by any county in which a short-term rental unit associated with a violation is located or by a multi-county registry that includes such county of up to five hundred dollars per day, per violation, until such violation is cured.
6.Nothing in this section shall prevent a county, city, town, or village that is not a covered jurisdiction and is not within a covered jurisdiction and that has its own registration system for non-covered short-term rental units or short-term rentals of dwelling units or other living or sleeping spaces, with the coverage and requirements of such registration system as established pursuant to local law, from maintaining, establishing, amending, and effectuating its own penalty system related to such registration system.
