New York § 1306 Nuisances; abatement expenses

New York Statutes

§ 1306 — Nuisances; abatement expenses

New York § 1306

Law PBHPublic Health

Title 1General Provisions; Control and Abatement

Art. 13Nuisances and Sanitation

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N.Y. Public Health § 1306 (2026).

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§ 1306. Nuisances; abatement expenses.

1.The expense of suppression\nor removal of a nuisance or conditions detrimental to health shall be\npaid by the owner or occupant of the premises, or by the person who\ncaused or maintained such nuisance or other matters, and the board of\nhealth of the municipality or county wherein the premises are located\nmay maintain an action in the name of the municipality or county to\nrecover such expense, and the same when recovered shall be paid to the\ntreasurer of the municipality or county, or if it has no treasurer to\nits chief fiscal officer, to be held and used as the funds of the\nmunicipality or county.\n 2. Whenever the suppression or removal of such nuisance or conditions\ndetrimental to health demand the immediate expenditure of money, eve

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§ 1306. Nuisances; abatement expenses. 1. The expense of suppression\nor removal of a nuisance or conditions detrimental to health shall be\npaid by the owner or occupant of the premises, or by the person who\ncaused or maintained such nuisance or other matters, and the board of\nhealth of the municipality or county wherein the premises are located\nmay maintain an action in the name of the municipality or county to\nrecover such expense, and the same when recovered shall be paid to the\ntreasurer of the municipality or county, or if it has no treasurer to\nits chief fiscal officer, to be held and used as the funds of the\nmunicipality or county.\n 2. Whenever the suppression or removal of such nuisance or conditions\ndetrimental to health demand the immediate expenditure of money, every\nlocal board of health, local health officer of a health district having\nno board of health or county health commissioner shall be authorized to\nuse for such purpose any money in the hands of the board, or may call on\nthe governing body of the municipality or county as the case may be for\nsuch money. All such moneys so expended shall be immediately repaid to\nthe fund or source whence they were received on the recovery of the same\nby action or otherwise from the persons responsible for the expenses of\nsuppression or removal.\n