Initial registration requirements
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)The initial registration shall be made on forms prescribed or approved by the DHCR, and shall include:
(1)the address of the building or group of buildings or development in which such housing accommodation is located and the name of the tenant residing therein;
(2)the number of housing accommodations in the building or group of buildings or development;
(3)the number of housing accommodations in the building or group of buildings or development subject to the RSL and the number of such housing accommodations subject to the City Rent Law;
(4)the rent charged on April 1, 1984, or the rent charged on the date the housing accommodation became subject to the requirements of this Part, and any changes in such rent between such date and the date of registration;
(5)the number of rooms in such housing accommodation; and
(6)all services provided for in the last lease or rental agreement, provided or required to be provided on the applicable base date, or thereafter.
(b)Registration of housing accommodations subject to the City Rent Law immediately prior to the date of filing the initial registration statement shall include, in addition to the items set forth in subdivision (a) of this section, where existing, the maximum rent immediately prior to the date that such housing accommodations became subject to the RSL or the requirements of this Part.
(c)Copies of the registration shall be filed in such manner and in such place or places as the DHCR may designate. In addition, a copy of the Building Services Registration form shall be posted in a public area of the building as prescribed in the DHCR's Instructions for Rent Registration.
(d)One copy of the Initial Apartment Registration form which pertains to the tenant's housing accommodation shall be sent by the owner to the tenant by certified mail. Service of such form pursuant to this subdivision together with the Notice of Initial Legal Regulated Rent shall constitute proper service of such Notice of Initial Legal Regulated Rent under section 2523.1 of this Title. Provided, however, that for registrations served prior to the effective date of this subdivision, any method of service permitted by the DHCR at the time of service shall be deemed to have the same effect as service by certified mailing.