Four-Year Time Limit Doesn't Apply Until Landlord Files Initial Rent Registration

March 1, 1998

LVT Number: 12170

Tenant sued landlord for a rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant's claim was barred since tenant didn't start the court case within four years of the overcharge. The court ruled against landlord. Landlord didn't file an initial apartment registration (RR-1) form for the apartment until June 1996, more than eight months after tenant started the court case. The four-year time limit doesn't begin to run until landlord files the RR-1 form.

Tenant sued landlord for a rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant's claim was barred since tenant didn't start the court case within four years of the overcharge. The court ruled against landlord. Landlord didn't file an initial apartment registration (RR-1) form for the apartment until June 1996, more than eight months after tenant started the court case. The four-year time limit doesn't begin to run until landlord files the RR-1 form.

Negron v. Goldman: NYLJ, p. 26, col. 2 (2/4/98) (Civ. Ct. NY; Ling-Cohan, J)

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