{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-20-699.21","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 20-699.21","heading":"§ 20-699.21 Payment of certain fees imposed in relation to the rental of residential real property.","body":"a. Except as expressly provided by subdivision 1 of section 238-a of the real property law:\n\n1. a landlord’s agent shall not impose any fee on, or collect any fee from, a tenant related to the rental of residential real property; and\n\n2. any agent who publishes a listing for a rental of residential real property with the permission or authorization of the landlord for such property shall not impose any fee on, or collect any fee from, a tenant related to the rental of such property.\n\nb. A landlord is in violation of subdivision a of this section if:\n\n1. a landlord’s agent of such landlord violates such subdivision; or\n\n2. any agent who publishes a listing for a rental of residential real property with the permission or authorization of such landlord violates such subdivision.\n\nc. No person shall condition the rental of residential real property on a tenant engaging any agent, including but not limited to a dual agent.\n\nd. No person shall post a listing for the rental of residential real property that represents that fees must be paid in a manner that would violate this section.\n\ne. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that an agent who publishes a listing for a rental of residential real property does so with the permission or authorization of the landlord of such property.\n\n(L.L. 2024/119, 12/13/2024, eff. 6/11/2025)","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 20","Chapter 4: Regulation of Commodities and Services"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"c2f56f7353bfac3edae90c495cb828d3c2cba1068e41627c8b7ac5ba503f1095","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-20-699.20","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-20-699.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}