New York § 229 Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit

New York Statutes

§ 229 — Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit

New York § 229

Law RPPReal Property

Art. 7Landlord and Tenant

This text of New York § 229 (Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.Y. Real Property § 229 (2026).

Text

  § 229. Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of\nintention to quit. If a tenant gives notice of his intention to quit the\npremises held by him, and does not accordingly deliver up the possession\nthereof, at the time specified in such notice, he or his personal\nrepresentatives must, so long as he continue in possession, pay to the\nlandlord, his heirs or assigns, double the rent which he should\notherwise have paid, to be recovered at the same time, and in the same\nmanner, as the single rent.\n

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 229. Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of\nintention to quit. If a tenant gives notice of his intention to quit the\npremises held by him, and does not accordingly deliver up the possession\nthereof, at the time specified in such notice, he or his personal\nrepresentatives must, so long as he continue in possession, pay to the\nlandlord, his heirs or assigns, double the rent which he should\notherwise have paid, to be recovered at the same time, and in the same\nmanner, as the single rent.\n