If you a receive Commissioner’s Order, you should carefully review the
inspection report that is attached. This report explains where signs of rats
were observed on your property and how to improve conditions. If you have a pest
control professional working for you, show them the report and discuss how to
correct conditions.
You have five to ten days to correct conditions, after which the Health
Department will conduct a second follow-up inspection to check for compliance.
If the conditions have not been corrected, you will receive a compliance
inspection report and a Notice of Violation.
If you were issued a notice of violation (NOV) from the NYC Health
Department on or after January 21, 2011, you should refer to the
Environmental Control Board for information about responding to the NOV. For
more information, please click on the following link: Environmental Control
Board .
For Rodent NOVs issued
before January 21, 2011, please report to the Administrative Tribunal for your hearing as scheduled on the
NOV.
If the violations are not dismissed at the , you
will be fined. Fines begin at $200 and can be as high as $2,000. Additionally,
the Health Department may apply bait to your property and perform any clean
up that is necessary and then send you the bill. You may be billed up
to $1,000 a day for this work. Property owners that fail to pay fees or fines
will eventually have a lien placed against their property.
