Rental Property Rules in Orange County, NY (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Orange County, New York.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Orange County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

No-Fault Evictions

Local Law No. 7 of 1989 bars mobile home park owners from evicting a mobile home owner except for six listed grounds: nonpayment of rent, persistent late payment, illegal use of the premises, a safety-related law violation, an uncured lease breach, or a bona fide change in land use with six months' notice. No-fault eviction outside those grounds isn't allowed.

Orange County Mobile Home Just-Cause Eviction

Significant Restrictions

Orange County Local Law No. 7 of 1989 Section 3

Section 3. Grounds for Eviction. (a) A mobile home park owner or operator may not evict a mobile home owner other than for the following reasons: (i) The mobile home owner has defaulted in the payment of rent, pursuant to the agreement under which the premises are held, and a demand of the rent has been made, or at least three days notice in writing has been served upon him as prescribed in sec...

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Repairs & Habitability

Before an Orange County rental can be lawfully occupied, Article III of the Sanitary Code requires a kitchen sink, a private flush toilet, a lavatory sink and a bathtub or shower, all supplied with adequate hot and cold running water and tied to a working sewer system, plus working smoke alarms.

Orange County Rental Habitability Standards

Some Restrictions

Orange County Sanitary Code, Article III § 3 (Orange County Local Law No. 3 of 2017)

(a) Kitchen requirements. Every dwelling unit shall have a room or portion of a room in which food may be prepared and/or cooked and which room shall have adequate floor area available for occupant use and be equipped with the following. (i) A kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to a water supply system which provides at all times an adequate amount of heated and unhea...

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