Assembly Bill A375

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires verification of property and rental listings on online property marketplaces

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A375 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-ddd, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10669

2025-A375 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires online property marketplaces to verify that the person listing or claiming the property or rental is authorized to do so prior to allowing a property or rental to be listed on its website, application or software or permitting any person to claim ownership of an existing property or rental listing.

2025-A375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    375
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   verification  of  property  and  rental  listings  on  online property
   marketplaces

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-ddd to read as follows:
   §  396-DDD.  VERIFICATION  OF  PROPERTY  AND RENTAL LISTINGS ON ONLINE
 PROPERTY MARKETPLACES. 1. NO ONLINE PROPERTY MARKETPLACE SHALL  ALLOW  A
 PROPERTY  OR RENTAL TO BE LISTED ON ITS WEBSITE, APPLICATION OR SOFTWARE
 NOR PERMIT ANY PERSON TO CLAIM OWNERSHIP  OF  AN  EXISTING  PROPERTY  OR
 RENTAL LISTING WITHOUT FIRST VERIFYING THAT THE PERSON LISTING OR CLAIM-
 ING  THE  PROPERTY OR RENTAL IS AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, "ONLINE PROPERTY  MARKETPLACE"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  WEBSITE,
 APPLICATION, OR SOFTWARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WHICH, IN THE REGULAR
 COURSE OF BUSINESS, ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADD AND VIEW PROPER-
 TY  OR  RENTAL  LISTINGS  AND  WHICH PROVIDE A CONTACT METHOD OR CONTACT
 INFORMATION TO CONTACT THE OWNERS OR AGENTS OF SUCH PROPERTIES OR RENTAL
 LISTINGS.
   2. THE VERIFICATION REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  SHALL
 BE  CONDUCTED THROUGH A METHOD REASONABLY DESIGNED TO DETECT AND PREVENT
 FRAUDULENT PROPERTY OR RENTAL CLAIMS AND LISTINGS.
   3. AN ONLINE PROPERTY MARKETPLACE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL  PENALTY
 OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  PER  LISTING  WHICH  IS LISTED OR CLAIMED IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01926-01-5

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