SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                 August 9, 2002


                            REALTY INCOME CORPORATION

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Maryland                      1-13374                    33-0580106
(State or other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
    of Incorporation)                                     Identification Number)

  220 West Crest Street,                                             92025
      Escondido, CA                                               (Zip Code)

(Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (760) 741-2111
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


ITEM 9.    REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

          On August 9, 2002, the Registrant  filed its Quarterly  Report on Form
10-Q for the  quarterly  period  ended  June 30,  2002 with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.

          Accompanying  the Quarterly  Report is the  certification of Thomas A.
Lewis,  the  Registrant's  Chief  Executive  Officer,  and Paul M.  Meurer,  the
Registrant's Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as created
by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The text of each certification
is set forth below:

      Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

          Pursuant  to 18 U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as created  by Section  906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, each of the  undersigned  officers of Realty Income
Corporation,  a Maryland  corporation  (the "Company"),  hereby certify,  to his
best knowledge, that:

   (i) the  accompanying  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q of the  Company for the
   quarterly  period ended June 30, 2002, (the "Report") fully complies with the
   requirements  of  Section  13(a) or  Section  15(d),  as  applicable,  of the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

   (ii)the information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
   respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



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                           Thomas A. Lewis
                           Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer




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                           Paul M. Meurer
                           Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
                           Treasurer

         The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the
Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be
incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or
after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such
filing.


                                   SIGNATURES


          Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                          Realty Income Corporation


Date:    August 9, 2002                   By:   /s/ Gregory J. Fahey
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                                                Gregory J. Fahey
                                                Vice President, Controller