{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-841","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Real Property Actions \u0026 Proceedings Law § 841","heading":"Action for nuisance","body":"§ 841. Action for nuisance. An action for a nuisance may be maintained\nin any case where such an action might have been maintained under the\nlaws in force immediately before the taking effect of article seventh of\ntitle one of chapter fourteenth of the code of civil procedure as added\nthereto by chapter one hundred seventy-eight of the laws of eighteen\nhundred eighty. A person by whom the nuisance has been erected and a\nperson to whom the real property has been transferred may be joined as\ndefendants in such an action. A final judgment in favor of the plaintiff\nmay award him damages or direct the removal of the nuisance or both.\nThis section does not affect an action wherein the complaint demands\njudgment for a sum of money only.","path":["Real Property Actions \u0026 Proceedings Law","Article 8. Waste and Other Actions and Rights of Action For Injury to Real Property"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RPA/841","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"0959e53a7e005c1e8e8cb7f99e86818ce67ab8b56770966aa338a473f7f799b5","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-833","next":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-843"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}