1215. Expedited Hearings
A. The purpose of this regulation is recognized that the Rent Board has an
interest in how issues within its purview are decided. It is also recognized that
consistency in rulings on the same issue by both the Rent Board and the courts is
desirable. Therefore, in cases where both a Rent Board petition and an unlawful
detainer action have been filed, in order to provide consistency of decisions on similar
issues, the purpose of this Regulation is to ensure that the Rent Board rule on issues
which are involved in petitions before it and in unlawful detainer cases prior to the Court
ruling on the same issue.
B. Priority in the scheduling of hearings and in the issuance of decisions
shall be given to pending petitions and appeals involving rental units on which eviction
proceedings have commenced. An eviction is deemed to commence when either a 3 or
30 day notice to quit is served. A party may request that a petition or an appeal be given
priority by filing a request to expedite, accompanied by a copy of either the notice to quit
or the unlawful detainer complaint, with the Rent Board and serving a copy of the same
on the opposing party.
[Effective 6/11/99]
1216 - 1220 [RESERVED]
Subchapter B. Hearing Procedure