Assembly Bill A6511

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires lessors to provide a copy of a lease agreement upon written request of a residential lessee

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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-A6511 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-k, RP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6896

2025-A6511 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires lessors or their authorized agent to provide a copy of a lease agreement upon written request of a residential lessee within thirty calendar days from the date of such request.

2025-A6511 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6511
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring  lessors
   to provide a copy of a lease agreement upon written request of a resi-
   dential lessee
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 235-k to read as follows:
   § 235-K. DUTY TO FURNISH LEASE. UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM
 A  RESIDENTIAL  LESSEE,  THE LESSOR OR THEIR AUTHORIZED AGENT SHALL HAVE
 THE DUTY TO FURNISH A COPY OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT ENTERED  INTO  BETWEEN
 THE  LESSOR  AND THE LESSEE WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
 SUCH REQUEST, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THIS DUTY SHALL NOT  APPLY  WHERE  A
 LESSEE REQUESTS A COPY OF THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT MORE THAN TWO TIMES IN A
 CALENDAR YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10148-01-5

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