--- title: "New York Landlord Compliance Kit | MCC Solutions" description: "New York landlord kit: deposit capped at 1 month of rent, deposit returned within 14 days. Checklists, notice calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/new-york-landlord-compliance-kit" --- Document pack # New York Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker The New York landlord-tenant rules in one package: deposit capped at 1 month of rent; deposit returned within 14 days; 14-day notice for unpaid rent; $45 eviction filing fee; $10,000 small claims limit. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=ny) 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for Landlords and property managers with rentals in New York, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Not the right fit if Your rental is outside New York: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered. Why it is different - Built only from our New York data files, checked November 2026 against 13 official pages, among them New York State Senate: General Obligations Law 7-108; New York State Senate: General Obligations Law 7-103; New York State Attorney General: Residential Tenants' Rights Guide; New York State Unified Court System: Evicting a Tenant; New York State Unified Court System: Being Evicted; New York State Unified Court System, 6th Judicial District: City Court Summary Proceedings (Evictions), plus National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - 1 item the official pages didn't state is left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out New York notice and deposit dates for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 22 confirmed New York rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 1 point to check: diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page. - **New York landlord rules checklist.** Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than one month's rent (7-108(1-a)(a)); return deadline: Within 14 days after the tenant vacates: an itemized statement of the basis for any amount kept, with any remainder (7-108(1-a)(e)); itemized list of deductions: An itemized statement; without it the landlord forfeits any right to keep any part (7-108(1-a)(e)); interest on the deposit: Interest earned belongs to the tenant, less 1% a year the landlord may keep for administration; paid yearly, applied to rent, or held in trust until repaid (7-103(2)); where the deposit is held: Held in trust, not mixed with the landlord's own money (7-103(1)); penalty the law states: Willful violation: punitive damages of up to twice the deposit (7-108(1-a)(g)); ending month-to-month (landlord): Same timeline as not renewing a lease: 30 days if the tenant has lived there under 1 year, 60 days for 1 to 2 years, 90 days for 2 years or more; ending month-to-month (tenant): Outside New York City, one month's notice; rent increase notice: For an increase of more than 5%: written notice 30, 60 or 90 days ahead, depending on how long the tenant has lived there (same tiers as above); unpaid rent notice: A 14-day written rent demand before a nonpayment case; entry notice: Reasonable prior notice and a reasonable time; no notice in an emergency; late fee limits: Rent is late only after more than 5 days; court: Outside New York City the case goes in the court where the property is: City Court in a city, Village Court in a village (Town Court if there is none), and District Court in Nassau and parts of Suffolk County; filing fee: $45 to issue a notice of petition in New York City Housing Court (NYC Civil Court Act 1911(k)); a jury demand is $70; time to answer or appear: In a nonpayment case the tenant answers within 10 days of being served the notice of petition and petition (NYC Housing Court's page); hearing after filing: The court date must be 10 to 17 days after the tenant is served (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day). - **Move-in and move-out deposit checklist.** A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with New York's return deadline (within 14 days). - **Notice calendar.** When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules. - **Eviction timeline sheet.** The New York case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates. - **New York landlord workbook (Excel).** A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the New York rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (New York Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/new-york-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/new-york-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the New York Landlord Rules Checklist (New York Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/new-york-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/new-york-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp) First page of New York Landlord Rules Checklist Get it ## New York Landlord Compliance Kit Coming soon This kit is being finished: every state rule in it is checked against official sources before it goes on sale. Free now: [State rules directory](/state-rules?state=ny) Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. The kit describes the rules for both sides of a lease and takes neither side. Cities, counties and the lease can add rules; the official pages linked in the kit have the final word. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The New York Landlord Kit comes as a zip with five documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, New York Landlord Rules Checklist, Move-In Move-Out Deposit Checklist, Notice Calendar 2027, and Eviction Timeline Sheet, plus an Excel workbook (New York Landlord Workbook). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for landlords and property managers with rentals in New York, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Skip it if your rental is outside New York: get that state's kit. Also from MCC Solutions [### Month-End Close Workbook A real month-end close in one Excel file. 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