{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-5-364","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 5-364","heading":"§ 5-364 Vesting of title; removal of buildings.","body":"a. On entry of the order and filing of the acquisition map, the city shall be and become seized in fee of all those parcels of real estate which are shown on the map hereinbefore referred to made by the commissioner of which it has been determined by the commissioner that the fee shall be acquired, and shall be entitled to take and hold such interest in the parcels of land in which it has been determined that the fee shall not be acquired, as has been shown on such map and described in the petition. The city may upon satisfaction of the requirements of the eminent domain procedure law, take possession of the lands shown on such map, or any part or parts thereof.\n\nb. The buildings or improvements thereon, however, shall not be removed or disturbed within one year from the date of the completion of notice of entry of the order as required by section five hundred two of the eminent domain procedure law unless ten days' notice is given to the owner or to the owner's attorney, of the intention to make such removal, and affording the owner an opportunity to examine the property with a justice of the court and such witnesses as the owner may desire. If the owner of the property cannot be found with due diligence, and there is no attorney representing the property or parcel, before removing, disturbing or destroying any of the buildings or improvements, the representatives of the city or the corporation counsel shall cause measurements to be made of the buildings and photographs to be taken of the exterior views thereof, which measurements and photographs shall be at the disposition, thereafter, of the claimant or the claimant's attorney in case such claimant or attorney shall appear and demand the same before the claim shall have been tried.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 5","Chapter 3: Condemnation Procedures"],"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":"e062a70221dff2fb86375f7df29ccf51cac75202d552df80f079b93aff5321ed","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-5-363","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-5-365"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}