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RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings
Article 8 - Waste and Other Actions and Rights of Action for Injury to Real Property
853 - Action for Forcible or Unlawful Entry or Detainer; Treble Damages.
Universal Citation: NY Real Prop Actions L § 853 (2019)
§ 853. Action for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer; treble damages. If a person is disseized, ejected, or put out of real property in a forcible or unlawful manner, or, after he has been put out, is held and kept out by force or by putting him in fear of personal violence or by unlawful means, he is entitled to recover treble damages in an action therefor against the wrong-doer.
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