{"id":952,"count":1,"description":"What is a violation?\r\n\r\nBroadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible.\r\nIn real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property. Outstanding building or property violations can prevent the owner from selling or refinancing, as well as obtaining documents pertaining to the property.\r\n\r\nFor example, the New York City Department of Buildings will not issue new or amended Certificates of Occupancy or Letters of Completion, while certain violations remain unresolved. Moreover, if there is a toxic violation or unfit construction violations on the premises, this may also prevent the sale of neighboring properties.\r\n\r\nIn densely packed urban environments, protecting public safety dictates that certain acts or failures to act constitute violations of public safety. The list of types of violation may differ between municipalities, but here are a few common issues:\r\n\r\n- Absence of carbon monoxide and smoke detectors\r\n- Absence of fire extinguishers\r\n- Emergency exits require a key from the inside\r\n- Failure to provide adequate heat and\/or hot water\r\n- Presence of mold\r\n- Presence of pests\r\n- Leakage of hazardous substances\r\n\r\nYou might also be interested in:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-inflation\/\">How do you invest to protect against inflation? \u201cInflation Hedge\u201d<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-market-value\/\">How is market value determined?<\/a>\r\n\r\nSearch other terms\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#A\">A<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#B\">B<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#C\">C<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#D\">D<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#E\">E<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#F\">F<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#G\">G<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#H\">H<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#I\">I<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#J\">J<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#K\">K<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#L\">L<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#M\">M<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#N\">N<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#O\">O<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#P\">P<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#Q\">Q<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#R\">R<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#S\">S<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#T\">T<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#U\">U<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#V\">V<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#W\">W<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#X\">X<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#Y\">Y<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/sitemap#Z\">Z<\/a>\r\n\r\nPopular terms\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-amortization\/\">Amortization<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-equity\/\">Equity <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-notary-public\/\">Notary Public <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-progression-regression\/\">Progression\/Regression<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-acquisition\/\">Acquisition <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-annuity\/\">Annuity <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-asset\/\">Asset <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-fiduciary\/\">Fiduciary <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-inflation\/\">Inflation <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-contingency\/\">Contingency <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-escrow\/\">Escrow<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-power-of-attorney\/\">Power of attorney <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-real-estate-agent\/\">Real Estate Agent <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-eminent-domain\/\">Eminent Domain <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-liability\/\">Liability <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-statute-of-limitations\/\">Statute of Limitations<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-valid\/\">Valid <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-variance\/\">Variance<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-contiguous\/\">Contiguous <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-deficit\/\">Deficit<\/a>","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/","name":"Violation","slug":"cre-term-violation","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Violation? - Commercial Real Estate Dictionary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Broadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible. In real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Violation Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Broadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible. In real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CommercialCafe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/\",\"name\":\"What is Violation? - Commercial Real Estate Dictionary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"description\":\"Broadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible. In real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Violation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"CommercialCafe\",\"description\":\"Your Commercial Real Estate Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is Violation? - Commercial Real Estate Dictionary","description":"Broadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible. In real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Violation Archives","og_description":"Broadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible. In real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/","og_site_name":"CommercialCafe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/","name":"What is Violation? - Commercial Real Estate Dictionary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/#website"},"description":"Broadly stated, a violation is breaching a contract or agreement, or an act or condition that is not permissible. In real estate, the term is most often applied to a misuse of property.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/tag\/cre-term-violation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Violation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/","name":"CommercialCafe","description":"Your Commercial Real Estate Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}