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New York Pet Addendum

This New York pet addendum lets a tenant keep named animals on an existing lease. New York generally caps a security deposit at 1× monthly rent. A pet deposit usually counts toward that cap. Assistance animals required by fair-housing law are not pets and cannot be charged a pet deposit or pet rent. It does not replace the lease, and it does not apply to assistance animals.

• A pet deposit counts toward the one-month cap (N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108). Do not stack a second month as a “pet fee.”
• Unused deposit money is generally due within 14 days (N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 7-108).
• Assistance animals are not pets. Do not use this addendum to charge a deposit or rent for one.