Delhi, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 184 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 184-3

A. Every owner of a multiple dwelling as above defined shall file with the Village Clerk, within 60 days after the adoption of this chapter, a written registration statement on forms to be supplied by the Village Clerk, containing the following information. (1) A description of the premises by street number or block and lot number. (2) The name and residence and business address of such owner, together with his residence and business telephone number or, if such owner is a corporation, the name and address of such corporation and the name and residence and business address of all officers thereof, together with the residence and business telephone numbers of the corporation and all officers. (3) Designation of managing agent. (a) The name, residence, business address and residence and business telephone number of a natural person, 21 years of age or over, who actually resides within the Village of Delhi and who shall be designated by such owner as a managing agent in control of and responsible for the maintenance and operation of such dwelling, and who shall be designated as the person upon whom process may be served on behalf of the owner. The managing agent shall keep a current record of all the tenants and their names and addresses, who are renting, leasing or living on the premises. There shall be endorsed upon such statement a written consent to such designation signed by such managing agent. An owner who is a natural person and who meets the requirements of this subsection as to the location of the residence or place of transacting business of a managing agent may designate himself as such managing agent. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as preventing a corporation which is an owner of a multiple dwelling from designating as its managing agent with respect thereto any officer of such corporation who meets the requirements of this subsection as to the location of the residence or place of transacting business of a managing agent. (c) Any designation as managing agent made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall remain in full force and effect until changed or terminated as hereinafter provided. (4) Where, after the filing of any registration statement in relation to any multiple dwelling under the applicable provisions of this section, the owner of such dwelling shall have granted or transferred his right, title or interest therein or in any part thereof, such owner shall file with the Village Clerk, within 10 days after such grant or transfer, a written statement which shall contain the name and residence and business addresses of the grantee, transferee or other successor of such right, title or interest, or if such grantee, transferee or successor is a corporation, the name and address of such corporation. (5) Where, after the filing of any registration statement with the Village Clerk pursuant to the application provisions of this section, any change, other than a designation of a different managing agent or a change of ownership or interest, occurs in any name, residence or business address or list of officers required to be included in such statement, the owner, within 10 days after such change, shall file, in duplicate, on forms to be furnished by the Village Clerk, a statement setting forth the particulars of such change so as to supply the information necessary to make currently correct the last registration statement filed pursuant to the applicable provisions of this section. (6) Any designation of a managing agent made pursuant to the applicable provisions of this section shall cease to be effective if such agent shall die or be judicially declared incompetent. (7) Any owner may terminate such designation by filing with the Village Clerk a written designation of a new managing agent made in conformity with the provisions hereinabove cited. (8) If any owner shall fail, on or before the effective date of any notice of termination served and filed by a managing agent, or written designation 15 days after any such agent shall die or be judicially declared incompetent, to file with the Village Clerk a designation of a new managing agent made in conformity with the provisions herein, such owner shall be guilty of a violation of this section. B. Any registration statement or designation of a managing agent required to be filed with the Village Clerk by any owner or lessee of a multiple dwelling under the provisions of this section shall be signed by such owner or lessee or, if such owner or lessee is a corporation, by an officer thereof. C. Any such registration statement or designation of a managing agent shall be deemed prima facie proof of the statements therein contained in any criminal prosecution instituted by a Village agency against the owner or managing agent of a multiple dwelling.