DOB violation

A DOB violation is the Department of Buildings' citation that a property or work site breaks the construction, zoning, or maintenance rules it enforces. Many arrive paired with an OATH summons carrying monetary penalties; the department's own violation classes escalate by hazard, and the most serious mark immediately hazardous conditions demanding prompt action.

Violations are property-record fixtures with practical teeth: open items can block permits, complicate certificates of occupancy, and surface in every lender's and buyer's search. Resolution is two distinct acts — penalties paid, and the condition corrected with proof accepted — and records showing one without the other are telling a story diligence should hear.