I was punished once with my entire house smelling of rot. 

I think stupidity should be punished just as equally as lying for the same outcome.

They have provided a perverse incentive for me not to improve these things, because I'm punished for doing so with increased assessment and no ammo for my protest.  

But from your response to me it is clear that you are probably after a little something else because she made you angry and you want her punished. 

I signed Occupancy Certificate too and it stated Occupancy Fraud is investigated and it's punishable 1.000.000 $ fine and even jail time which freaked me out.

The sad thing is that they aren't punished or held accountable at all for their actions.

The point being to scare away smokers, and really punish people who do smoke or have people over who smoke.

While this last part does not directly apply to me it seems that an argument can be made that the law clearly does not seek to punish the innocent party but only the one that seeks to benefit by renting an "illegal" apartment.Does anyone have direct experience and/or knowledge re: this issue.  

That's like saying that once an employee notices he is not being punished for  showing up to  work late, he will then presume it is ok to get drunk at work.

My understanding is that if any one of them has a key, the police will consider them lawful occupants and an eviction will have to occur.You didn't say what the situation was as far as if there is or was a lease in place for some tenant, even if that tenant left.My main concern is that my understanding is that the courts do not like "self help evictions" - where the owner does something like changing the locks, removing doors, shutting off utilities etc. on a tenant/lawful occupant, and judges can punish owners severely for doing that.Again, you need to get legal advice, based on what you've said this is not a situation where you (or the property manager) should be running over and changing locks or boarding up anything.