HPD violation status codes, decoded.
An HPD violation status tells you where the violation stands. Each page below says what one status means and what usually happens next, with a count for New York City from HPD's data through October 18, 2026.
Two vocabularies are here. HPD’s statuses sit on a housing violation and say where the correction stands. OATH’s hearing outcomes sit on a DOB summons and say how it was decided, and they are the only statuses here that come with a dollar figure. For how the two fit together, and why a hearing at OATH/ECB is not a fourth agency, see how the agencies connect.
A note on spelling
We print each status the way HPD spells it, changing only the capitals. HPD spells one status Certification Postponment Granted (and its twin, Certification Postponment Denied) exactly that way, and the spelling is the city's, not a typo of ours. HPD also hyphenates two related statuses differently: First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation has a space before “Inspect”, while Second No Access To Re-Inspect Violation does not.
HPD housing violation statuses
NOV Sent Out
HPD mailed the Notice of Violation to the building's registered address. 674,422 violations citywide.
Info NOV Sent Out
HPD mailed an informational notice. 100,192 violations citywide.
Violation Dismissed
HPD dismissed the violation, and it no longer counts as open. 940,818 violations citywide.
Violation Closed
The violation is closed and no longer counts as open. 912,734 violations citywide.
First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation
HPD went back to see whether the condition was corrected and could not get into the building or apartment. 93,271 violations citywide.
Not Complied With
An HPD reinspection found the condition still there. 91,613 violations citywide.
Notice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant
HPD mailed the tenant who complained a notice that a violation was issued. 57,177 violations citywide.
Violation Will Be Reinspected
HPD linked this violation to a reinspection record. 20,668 violations citywide.
Defect Letter Issued
An HPD inspector saw the condition corrected, but HPD still needs documents to close the violation. 25,780 violations citywide.
Invalid Certification
HPD's status list says a certification of correction was submitted and was not acceptable because of a defect in the certification documentation. 21,819 violations citywide.
NOV Certified Late
The owner filed a certification of correction after the certify-by date. 17,785 violations citywide.
CIV14 Mailed
HPD mailed the tenant a notice that the owner's certification of correction was received and can be challenged. 30,365 violations citywide.
NOV Certified On Time
The owner filed a certification of correction on or before the certify-by date printed on the notice. 14,343 violations citywide.
False Certification
The owner certified the condition corrected, and a later HPD reinspection found it had not been properly corrected. 7,087 violations citywide.
Violation Open
The violation is open at HPD, with no correction accepted yet. 4,773 violations citywide.
Certification Postponment Granted
The owner asked HPD for more time to certify the correction, and HPD agreed. 2,500 violations citywide.
Certification Postponment Denied
The owner asked HPD for more time to certify, and HPD said no. 2,763 violations citywide.
Second No Access To Re-Inspect Violation
HPD came back to reinspect this violation and could not get in, for the second time. 1,161 violations citywide.
Lead Docs Submitted, Not Acceptable
The owner filed lead paint documentation with HPD, and HPD rejected it. 515 violations citywide.
Lead Docs Submitted, Acceptable
The owner filed lead paint documentation with HPD, and HPD accepted it. 292 violations citywide.
Violation Reopen
HPD reopened a violation that had been closed. 82 violations citywide.
OATH hearing outcomes on a DOB summons
Costliest first. Dollars are the penalty averaged over every summons with that status; for a pending summons, it is the amount at stake.
Default
An OATH default is entered when nobody appears to answer the summons, so the case is decided on the inspector's paperwork alone and the penalty is set with no account from the building. 35,482 summonses. $7,441 per summons.
Pending
An ECB summons pending at OATH has been issued and not decided. 22,516 summonses. $3,401 per summons.
In Violation
An ECB summons decided in violation went to a hearing that the person or company cited took part in, and the hearing officer found the charge proved. 46,612 summonses. $2,204 per summons.
Pop/In-Vio
A summons marked POP/IN-VIO was decided in violation. 11,766 summonses. $1,920 per summons.
Admit/In-Vio
A summons marked ADMIT/IN-VIO is one where the party cited admitted the violation instead of contesting it, and the summons was decided in violation. 11,145 summonses. $1,853 per summons.
Stipulation/In-Vio
A summons marked STIPULATION/IN-VIO was settled by an agreement between the party cited and the city rather than by a contested hearing, and recorded as in violation. 2,529 summonses. $782 per summons.
Cured/In-Vio
A summons marked CURED/IN-VIO was corrected, and the correction was accepted. 11,906 summonses. $2 per summons.
Dismissed
An ECB summons dismissed at OATH ended without a finding of violation. 15,270 summonses. No penalty on any of them.