Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 27 > Title 24 - Environmental Tests Reporting Requirements

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Owner: shall mean any person or persons who owns a dwelling unit or commercial space located on real property. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2401
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Real property: shall mean lands, tenements and hereditaments. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2401