Canton Village, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 248 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 248-20

A. Every owner of an absentee ownership property as above defined shall file with the Village Clerk, within 60 days after the adoption of this article, a written registration statement 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 the chief executive officer thereof, together with the telephone number of the corporation and the chief executive officer thereof. (3) Designation of managing agent. (a) The name, residence and business address and residence and business telephone number of a natural person, 21 years of age or older, who actually resides within the Village and/or Town of Canton, New York, 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 tenants, with 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 designations 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 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 to prevent a corporation which is an owner of an absentee ownership property from designating as its managing agent, with respect thereto, any officer of such corporation who meets the requirements of this section 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. B. Where, after the filing of any registration statement in relation to any absentee ownership property under the applicable provisions of this article, 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 of the Village of Canton, within 10 days after such grant or transfer, a written statement which shall contain the name and residence and business address and telephone number 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, address and telephone number of such corporation and the name and address of the chief executive officer thereof. C. Where, after the filing of any registration statement with the Village Clerk pursuant to the provisions of this article, any change, other than a designation of a different managing agent or change of ownership or interest, occurs in any name, residence or business address or telephone number or officer required to be included in such statement, the owner, within 10 days after such change, shall file 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 article. D. 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. E. Any owner may terminate such designation by filing with the Village Clerk of the Village of Canton a written designation of a new managing agent made in conformity with the provisions hereinabove cited. F. 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 of the Village of Canton a designation of a new managing agent made in conformity of the provisions herein, such owner shall be guilty of a violation of this section. G. Any registration statement or designation of a managing agent required to be filed with the Village Clerk of the Village of Canton by any owner or lessee of an absentee ownership property under the provisions of this article shall be signed by such owner or lessee or, if such owner or lessee is a corporation, by an officer thereof. H. Any such registration statement or designation of a managing agent shall be deemed prima facie proof of the statements therein contained in any criminal or quasi-criminal prosecution instituted by a village agency against the owner or managing agent of an absentee ownership property.