Title CCA, New York City Civil Court

§ 202. Money actions and actions involving chattels. The court shall\nhave jurisdiction of actions and proceedings for the recovery of money,\nactions and proceedings for the recovery of chattels and actions and\nproceedings for the foreclosure of liens on personal property wher…

§ 203. Actions involving real property. The court shall have jurisdiction of the following actions provided that the real property involved or part of it is situate within the county in the city of New York in which the action is brought: (a) An action for the partition of real …

§ 204. Summary proceedings. The court shall have jurisdiction over summary proceedings to recover possession of real property located within the city of New York, to remove tenants therefrom, and to render judgment for rent due without regard to amount, and in such a proceeding …

§ 205. Interpleader. The court shall have jurisdiction of an action of\ninterpleader and defensive interpleader as defined and governed by the\nCPLR, provided that the amount in controversy or the value of the\nproperty involved does not exceed $50,000.\n

§ 206. Arbitration. (a) Threshold questions under CPLR article 75. If\nan action of which the court has jurisdiction has been duly commenced\ntherein, and there arise in such action any questions relating to the\narbitrability of the controversy, the court shall have jurisdictio…

§ 207. Small claims. The court shall have jurisdiction of small claims\nas defined in article 18 of this act.\n

§ 208. Counterclaims. The court shall have jurisdiction of\ncounterclaims as follows:\n (a) Of any counterclaim the subject matter of which would be within\nthe jurisdiction of the court if sued upon separately.\n (b) Of any counterclaim for money only, without regard to amount.…

§ 209. Provisional remedies. (a) Attachment, arrest, seizure of\nchattel. An order of attachment or of arrest, a warrant to seize a\nchattel as provided in § 207 of the lien law, and an order of seizure of\na chattel may issue out of this court if such remedy might issue out of\…

§ 210. Contempt. All of the provisions of law governing civil and criminal contempts in like instances in supreme court shall apply in this court, except that this court shall have no power to punish for contempt a judge or justice of any court.

§ 2101. Definitions. The following words used in this act shall have\nthe meaning attached to them in this section, unless otherwise apparent\nfrom the context:\n (a) "Attorney" means a duly licensed attorney of the supreme court of\nthis state.\n (b) "Clerk" means the chief cle…

§ 2102. Civil practice; general provisions; CPLR applicable. The CPLR and other provisions of law relating to practice and procudure in the supreme court, notwithstanding reference by name or classification therein to any other court, shall apply in this court as far as the same…

§ 2103. Rules of court. The appellate divisions of the first and second judicial departments shall jointly adopt rules to implement and facilitate procedure in this court, consistent with standards and policies adopted by the administrative board of the judicial conference. Such…

§ 2103-a. Use of electronic filing authorized. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator of the courts may authorize a program in the use of electronic means in the civil court of the city of New York as provided in article twenty-one-A of the civil …

§ 2104. References to predecessor courts. A reference in any general or special statute, law, local law, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order to the city court of the city of New York or to the municipal court of the city of New York shall be deemed a reference to th…

§ 211. Joinder of causes of action in complaint; effect on jurisdiction. Where several causes of action are asserted in the complaint and each of them would be within the jurisdiction of the court if sued upon separately, the court shall have jurisdiction of the action. In such …

§ 212. Additional jurisdiction and powers. In the exercise of its jurisdiction the court shall have all of the powers that the supreme court would have in like actions and proceedings.

§ 212-a. Declaratory judgments involving obligations of insurers and de novo review under part 137 of the rules of the chief administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137). The court shall have the jurisdiction defined in section 3001 of the CPLR to make a declaratory judgment …

§ 213. Jurisdiction for rescission or reformation of certain transactions. The court shall have jurisdiction of actions for rescission or reformation of a transaction if the amount in controversy does not exceed $50,000.

§ 2201. Justices of abolished courts to be judges of this court. The justices of the city court of the city of New York and the justices of the municipal court of the city of New York in office on the date such courts are abolished shall, for the remainder of the term for which …

§ 2202. Referees. An official referee of the city court of the city of New York or of the municipal court of the city of New York in office at the time this act takes effect shall for the remainder of his term of office be an official referee of this court. He shall perform such…

§ 2203. Cases in abolished courts carried over. All actions and proceedings pending in the city court of the city of New York or the municipal court of the city of New York at the time this act takes effect shall be deemed pending in this court and shall be governed by the follo…

§ 2204. Appeal involving abolished court; judgment or order of abolished court. (a) If on the effective date of this act there existed a right of appeal from a judgment or order entered before the effective date of this act in either the city court or the municipal court of the …

§ 2205. Facilities, equipment and supplies. All buildings, courtrooms, offices, furniture, equipment, supplies, seals, records, papers and documents, and all other facilities and possessions of the city court of the city of New York and the municipal court of the city of New Yor…

§ 2206. Appropriations for abolished courts carried over. All budgetary appropriations made by the city of New York for the use and requirements of the city or municipal courts of said city, for the fiscal year of the city of New York in which this act takes effect, and unexpend…

§ 2207. Predecessor court acts repealed. The city court of the city of New York and the municipal court of the city of New York are hereby abolished. The New York city court act and the New York city municipal court code and all acts amendatory thereof are hereby repealed, and t…

§ 2300. Effective date. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred sixty-two.

§ 301. Transitory actions; venue. An action, other than a real property action, shall be brought: (a) in an action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where a purchaser, borrower, or a debtor is a defendant, if a defendant resides in the city of New York, or if such tra…

§ 302. Real property actions; venue. A real property action, as\ndefined in § 203 of this act, whether asserted by a plaintiff or by any\nparty by way of counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim, shall be\nbrought and adjudicated only in the county in which such real prope…

§ 303. Summary proceedings; venue. A summary proceeding to recover possession of real property or to remove tenants therefrom shall be brought in the county in which the real property or a part thereof is situated.

§ 304. Actions by or against the city of New York; or against the New\nYork city transit authority; venue. (a) An action by or on behalf of the\ncity of New York or any department thereof shall be brought in the\ncounty of New York or in the county within said city where the cau…

§ 305. Assignees; corporations and associations. (a) If the plaintiff is an assignee of the cause of action, the original owner of the cause of action shall be deemed the plaintiff for the purpose of determining proper venue. (b) A corporation, joint-stock association or other u…

§ 306. Change of venue; procedure. The bringing of an action or proceeding in the wrong county shall not be deemed a jurisdictional defect, but the court may of its own motion and must on the motion of a party defendant transfer the action or proceeding to a proper county. The m…

§ 307. Venue; rules. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article,\nthe rules may establish a part or parts of the court where designated\nclasses of cases shall be brought or tried.\n

§ 400. Method of commencing action or special proceeding. 1. An action is commenced in this court by filing a summons and complaint. A special proceeding is commenced by filing a notice of petition and petition or order to show cause and petition. For purposes of this section, a…

§ 401. Summons; issuance; form; issuance of notice of petition. (a)\nThe summons may be issued by the plaintiff's attorney or, if the\nplaintiff appears without attorney, by the clerk.\n (b) The summons shall direct the defendant to file his answer with the\nclerk and shall othe…

§ 402. Summons; time to appear and answer. (a) If the summons is\npersonally delivered to the defendant within the city of New York, it\nshall require him to appear and answer within twenty days after its\nservice.\n (b) If the summons is served by any means other than personal …

§ 403. Summons; method and place of service. Service of summons shall be made in the manner prescribed in supreme court practice, including the optional method of service by mail authorized by CPLR 312-a, but it shall be made only within the city of New York unless service beyon…

§ 404. Summons; personal jurisdiction by acts of non-residents. (a)\nActs which are the basis of jurisdiction. The court may exercise\npersonal jurisdiction over any non-resident of the city of New York, or\nhis executor or administrator, as to a cause of action arising from any…

§ 405. Summons; service without the city of New York permissible but\nnot giving personal jurisdiction in certain actions. Service may be\nmade without the city of New York or the state by any person authorized\nto make service in a like instance in supreme court and in the same…

§ 406. Summons; service by publication authorized. The court, upon motion without notice, shall order service of a summons by publication in an action described in § 405 if service cannot be made by another method with due diligence. Practice and procedure on service by publicat…

§ 407. Summons; action commenced pursuant to CPLR § 303. In any action in this court to be commenced by service of summons upon an attorney or a clerk as agent, as authorized by CPLR § 303, such service may be made in such manner and at such place regardless of city lines, as wo…

§ 408. Summons; service outside city to bring in certain additional parties or on domiciliary-resident. A summons may be served in such manner and at such place, regardless of city or state lines, as would confer jurisdiction on the supreme court in a like instance, upon: (a) a …

§ 409. Summons and complaint, notice of petition and petition or order to show cause and petition; filing proof of service. (a) Proof of service of the summons and complaint, notice of petition and petition or order to show cause and petition shall be filed with the clerk of the…

§ 410. Summons; when service complete. The service of summons is complete: (a) immediately upon personal delivery to the defendant, where § 402(a) is applicable; or (b) upon the filing of proof of service, where § 402(b) is applicable.

§ 411. Service of summons and complaint, third-party summons and\ncomplaint, petition with a notice of petition or order to show cause and\npetition upon defendant. Service of the summons and complaint,\nthird-party summons and complaint, petition with a notice of petition or\no…

§ 412. Accrual of interest. In any action, petition, order to show cause or other proceeding wherein interest accrues from the date of the inception of the action, petition, order or proceeding, said entitlement to interest shall not begin to accrue until service is completed by…

§ 701. Direction and execution of mandates. (a) In an action or proceeding brought in the court, all processes and mandates may be served or executed only within the city of New York unless this act otherwise provides. They shall be served or executed by the sheriff of the city …

§ 702. Execution of mandates by marshals. The authority of a marshal shall extend throughout the city of New York. But where a transcript of a money judgment has been filed with the county clerk, an execution shall thereafter issue only to a sheriff, as if the judgment on which …

§ 801. Provisional remedies; procedure. Whenever the remedies set\nforth in § 209 of this act may issue out of this court under the terms\nof said section, practice and procedure thereon shall be governed,\ninsofar as consistent with this act, by the CPLR and such other\nprovisi…

§ 802. Tender and offer. The provisions of Rules 3219, 3220 and 3221\nof the CPLR, treating respectively of tender, offer to liquidate damages\nconditionally and offer to compromise, shall be applicable in this\ncourt, with the additional requirement that at the time of service …