A 1204: Requires any contract or retainer agreement between a property owner and an attorney for legal services related to the filing and appearance before a board of assessment review regarding complaints in relation to assessments shall include a written disclosure that such complaints in relation to assessments can be completed without the assistance of an attorney.
The bill requires certain disclosures and charges by attorneys performing services in connection with a real property tax grievance procedure. It mandates that contracts or retainer agreements between property owners and attorneys include a clear and conspicuous written disclosure in large print format stating that complaints related to assessments can be completed without the assistance of an attorney. The disclosure should provide information on the small claims assessment review process, forms, and assistance available on the New York Courts website and the website for the appropriate municipality where the property is located. This includes providing the website for the assessment review commission in Nassau County and the website for the New York City Tax Commission in New York City. The bill takes effect immediately.
| May. 20, 2026 | ordered to third reading rules cal.138 |
| May. 20, 2026 | rules report cal.138 |
| May. 20, 2026 | reported |
| May. 19, 2026 | reported referred to rules |
| May. 05, 2026 | reported referred to ways and means |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1204 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to requiring certain disclosures and charges by attorneys performing services in connection with a real property tax grievance procedure The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new 2 section 524-a to read as follows: 3 § 524-a. Contracts for complaints with respect to assessment. Any 4 contract or retainer agreement between a property owner and an attorney 5 for legal services, including filing and appearances, related to a small 6 claims assessment review shall include a clear and conspicuous written 7 disclosure in a large print format that such complaints in relation to 8 assessments can be completed without the assistance of an attorney. 9 Such disclosure shall state that information regarding the small claim 10 assessment review process, forms, and assistance can be found on the New 11 York courts website and shall contain that website and the website for 12 the appropriate municipality where the property is located; provided 13 that if such property is located in Nassau county the disclosure shall 14 provide the website for the Assessment Review Commission and in New York 15 city the disclosure shall provide the website for the New York City Tax 16 Commission. For the purposes of this section, large print format shall 17 mean a printed font size of sixteen or larger. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03316-01-5