New York A 375: Requires verification of property and rental listings on online property marketplaces

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A00375 Summary:

BILL NOA00375 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSR

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Add §396-ddd, Gen Bus L

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Requires online property marketplaces to verify that the person listing or claiming the property or rental is authorized to do so prior to allowing a property or rental to be listed on its website, application or software or permitting any person to claim ownership of an existing property or rental listing.

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BILL NOA00375 

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01/08/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 375

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 verification of property and rental listings on online property
 marketplaces

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 396-ddd to read as follows:
 3 § 396-ddd. Verification of property and rental listings on online
 4 property marketplaces. 1. No online property marketplace shall allow a
 5 property or rental to be listed on its website, application or software
 6 nor permit any person to claim ownership of an existing property or
 7 rental listing without first verifying that the person listing or claim-
 8 ing the property or rental is authorized to do so. For the purposes of
 9 this section, "online property marketplace" shall mean any website,
 10 application, or software connected to the internet which, in the regular
 11 course of business, allows members of the public to add and view proper-
 12 ty or rental listings and which provide a contact method or contact
 13 information to contact the owners or agents of such properties or rental
 14 listings.
 15 2. The verification required by subdivision one of this section shall
 16 be conducted through a method reasonably designed to detect and prevent
 17 fraudulent property or rental claims and listings.
 18 3. An online property marketplace shall be liable for a civil penalty
 19 of five hundred dollars per listing which is listed or claimed in
 20 violation of this section.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 22 law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01926-01-5

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