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The HPD violation for a missing registration

It reads
Failed to file a valid registration
It means
HPD has no valid registration on file for the building
How it is removed
HPD removes it once the registration is valid

In HPD's records this violation reads "failed to file a valid registration". It means HPD does not have a valid property registration on file for the building.

Why it was issued

Owners of buildings with 3 or more apartments, and owners of 1 or 2 family homes where neither the owner nor the owner's immediate family lives, must register with HPD every year. HPD may send an Order to register to buildings without a valid property registration.

What a missing registration means

  • You cannot bring a nonpayment case against a tenant in Housing Court.
  • You cannot certify to HPD that other violations were corrected.
  • You cannot ask HPD to dismiss or reissue a violation.
  • HPD can charge a civil penalty. HPD's page gives two ranges: its main text says $500 to $1,500 for buildings with 5 or fewer apartments and $1,000 to $5,000 for larger ones, and its questions section says $250 to $500.

How it is removed

HPD says that if you receive an Order to register, you must register to remove it. Once the registration is valid, HPD says it removes the violation itself, with no extra step from you.

See what the city shows for your building

Our building check shows whether HPD's records list this violation as open, and the date the building's registration is valid through or expired. It reads HPD's datasets on NYC Open Data. What the check shows.

How Woodpecker handles it

We prepare your registration from the city's records and your details and mail it to you with every line to sign marked. You sign it and mail it to HPD with the address label from the packet. We track it until the city records it. We email you when HPD's records show the registration.

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Source: HPD, Register Your Property.

HPD's pages behind this guide were last checked on November 10, 2026. Short answers to the common questions are on our questions page.

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