New York law · New York Condominium Act

N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 339-j

Compliance with by-laws and rules and regulations

Covered in 3 owner guides

What this section does for you

Authorizes the board, or an aggrieved unit owner, to sue for damages or injunctive relief over by-law and rule violations, lets the board demand a surety bond from flagrant or repeat violators, and bars any action over a U.S. flag of four feet by six feet or smaller.
Owner guide: Fines & violations in New York
The enforcement mechanism for alteration and rule violations (a lawsuit for damages or injunctive relief, or a surety bond for repeat violations) and the flat statutory protection for displaying a U.S. flag of four feet by six feet or smaller.
Owner guide: Architectural review in New York
Ties any enforcement action to a unit owner's violation of validly adopted by-laws and rules, the framework uneven enforcement collides with.
Owner guide: Selective enforcement in New York

The statutory text

Verbatim from the public record. The law itself is a government work — always confirm the current version on the official source before you rely on it.

§ 339-j. Compliance with by-laws and rules and regulations. Each unit owner shall comply strictly with the by-laws and with rules, regulations, resolutions and decisions adopted pursuant thereto. Failure to comply with any of the same shall be ground for an action to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief or both maintainable by the board of managers on behalf of the unit owners or, in a proper case, by an aggrieved unit owner. In any case of flagrant or repeated violation by a unit owner, he may be required by the board of managers to give sufficient surety or sureties for his future compliance with the by-laws, rules, regulations, resolutions and decisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no action or proceeding for any relief may be maintained due to the display of a flag of the United States measuring not more than four feet by six feet.