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What Is A Housing Court Is It Just Limited To Landlord And Tenant Problems

No. The Housing Court jurisdiction extends to almost all areas that relate to residential housing. There are many occasions where homeowners can utilize the Housing Court. For example, the Housing Court has zoning jurisdiction. The Housing Court can address general nuisance problems that may afflict homeowners within a neighborhood.  The Housing Court Department has jurisdiction over the Consumer Protection statute. The Housing Court has criminal jurisdiction. The Housing Court also has jurisdiction to hear residential Summary Process (evictions) cases. In landlord-tenant matters, the court has jurisdiction over all contracts, torts, and equity matters that involve the residential relationship

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	Probate Is Handled In Court Probate cases normally occur in state and county court where the deceased permanently lived at the time of his or her death. In different states such courts may go by different names. Some are simply called the Probate Court. In New Yorkthey are called the Surrogates Court and in California they are called the Superior Court, Probate Division. The probate court will normally handle all the personal property the deceased owned, plus all the real estate the deceased owned located in that same state.