Title UCT, Uniform City Court

§ 2102. Civil practice; general provisions; CPLR applicable.\n The CPLR and other provisions of law relating to practice and\nprocedure in the supreme court, notwithstanding reference by name or\nclassification therein to any other court, shall apply in this court as\nfar as the …

§ 2103. Rules of court.\n The appellate division may adopt, amend and rescind rules for the\ncourt not inconsistent with this act, with the CPLR or with the\nstandards and policies adopted by the administrative board. A copy of\nthe rules shall be available at all times in the of…

§ 2103-a. Use of electronic filing authorized.\n (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief\nadministrator of the courts may authorize a program in the use of\nelectronic means in civil cases in a city court as provided in article\ntwenty-one-A of the civil practic…

§ 2104. Organization of city courts.\n (a) The number of judges for each city court outside the city of New\nYork, their jurisdiction and terms of office, and the methods of their\nselection and of filling vacancies in their offices shall be as provided\nin this section.\n (b) Ea…

§ 2105. Holding of court.\n A city which hosts a city court governed by this act is authorized to\nkeep its court facilities open in the evening where court administrators\ndetermine that the court should schedule night sessions.\n

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

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

§ 212-a. Declaratory judgments involving de novo review under part 137\n of the rules of the chief administrator of the courts (22\n NYCRR Part 137).\n The court shall have the jurisdiction defined in section 3001 of the\nCPLR to make a declaratory judgment with resect to actions…

§ 213. Residence or business within city.\n (a) In an action described in § 202, either a plaintiff or a defendant\nmust:\n 1. be a resident of the city or of a town contiguous to such city,\nprovided that such town is\n (i) within the same county, and\n (ii) contiguous to the ci…

§ 2203. Cases carried over.\n All actions and proceedings pending in any court to which this act\napplies, at the time this act takes effect, shall remain in the court\nand shall be governed by the following subdivisions of this section.\n (a) No such action or proceeding, or app…

§ 2204. Appeal involving pending action or proceeding; judgment or order\n of court.\n (a) If on the effective date of this act there existed a right of\nappeal from a judgment or order entered before the effective date of\nthis act in any court to which this act applies, and the…

§ 2300. Application of this act.\n (a) All references to the "uniform city court act" or to the "UCCA" in\nany law of the state shall be deemed a reference to this act or to the\nappropriate portions thereof.\n (b) This act shall apply to each city court of the state outside the\…

§ 2301. Effective date.\n This act shall take effect April first, nineteen hundred sixty-five,\nexcept that subdivision (f) of section twenty-three hundred shall take\neffect immediately.\n

§ 400. Method of commencing action or special proceeding.\n 1. An action is commenced in this court by filing a summons and\ncomplaint. A special proceeding is commenced by filing a notice of\npetition and petition or order to show cause and petition. For purposes\nof this sectio…

§ 401. Summons; issuance; form.\n (a) The summons may be issued by the plaintiff's attorney or, if the\nplaintiff appears without attorney, by the clerk.\n (b) The summons shall be in such form as may be provided by rule. It\nshall contain the residence address of the plaintiff a…

§ 402. Summons; time to appear and answer.\n (a) If the summons is personally delivered to the defendant within the\ncounty, it shall require him to appear and answer within ten days after\nits service.\n (b) If the summons is served:\n (1) by delivery to a person, including an a…

§ 403. Summons; method and place of service.\n Service of summons shall be made in the manner prescribed in supreme\ncourt practice, including the optional method of service by mail\nauthorized by CPLR 312-a, but it shall be made only within the county\nunless service beyond the …

§ 404. Summons; personal jurisdiction by acts of non-residents.\n (a) Acts which are the basis of jurisdiction. The court may exercise\npersonal jurisdiction over any non-resident of the county, or his\nexecutor or administrator, as to a cause of action arising from any of\nthe a…

§ 405. Summons; service without the county permissible but not giving\n personal jurisdiction in certain actions.\n Service may be made in any part of the county or any adjoining county\nby any person authorized to make service in a like instance in supreme\ncourt and in the same…

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

§ 407. Summons; action commenced pursuant to CPLR § 303.\n In any action in this court commenced by service of summons upon an\nattorney or a clerk as agent, as authorized by CPLR § 303, such service\nmay be made in any part of the county or any adjoining county and shall\notherw…

§ 408. Summons; service outside county to bring in certain additional\n parties.\n A summons may be served in any part of the county or any adjoining\ncounty, in such manner as would confer jurisdiction on supreme court in\na like instance, upon:\n (a) a third-party defendant as …

§ 409. Summons; filing proof of service.\n (a) Proof of service of the summons and complaint, notice of petition\nand petition or order to show cause and petition shall be filed with the\nclerk of the court.\n (b) If service has been made by the court's enforcement officer, his\n…

§ 410. Summons; when service complete.\n The service of summons is complete when it would be complete in a like\ninstance in an action in the supreme court.\n

§ 411. Service of summons and complaint, third-party complaint, petition\n with a notice of petition or order to show cause and petition\n upon defendant.\n Service of the summons and complaint, third-party summons and\ncomplaint, petition with a notice of petition or order to sh…

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

§ 701. Direction and execution of mandates.\n (a) In an action or proceeding brought in the court, all civil\nprocesses and mandates, except as otherwise provided in this act, may be\nserved or executed only within the county. They shall be executed by the\ncourt's enforcement of…

§ 801. Provisional remedies; procedure.\n Whenever the remedies set forth in § 209 of this act may issue out of\nthis court under the terms of said section, practice and procedure\nthereon shall be governed, insofar as consistent with this act, by the\nCPLR and such other provisi…

§ 901. Pleadings; in general.\n Pleadings between plaintiff and defendant shall consist of complaint\nand answer and, when ordered, a reply. Such order may be made by motion\non notice or by the court of its own motion.\n

§ 902. Pleadings; form.\n (a) All pleadings shall be formal pleadings, as in supreme court\npractice, except that:\n 1. If the plaintiff's cause of action is for money only and the\nsummons is served by personal delivery to the defendant within the\ncounty, the cause of action ma…

§ 903. Pleadings; requirements of formal pleading inapplicable to\n indorsement pleading.\n The requirements of this act or of the CPLR applicable to a formal\npleading shall not be applicable to an indorsement pleading.\n

§ 905. Pleadings; defenses.\n The court may consider any defense to a cause of action or claim\nasserted by any party, whether such defense be denominated or deemed\nlegal or equitable in nature.\n

§ 907. Pleadings; subsequent pleading containing cause of action.\n (a) Counterclaim. The plaintiff may reply to a counterclaim but shall\nnot be required to do so except by court order. If the plaintiff elects\nvoluntarily to reply, he shall do so within ten days after service o…

§ 908. Pleadings; verification.\n Verification of pleadings shall be governed by the CPLR, except that\nif a pleading be not formal it need not be verified. The court in such\ninstance may require a formal pleading as provided in subdivision (e) of\n§ 902, and order its verificat…

§ 909. Pleadings; amended and supplemental.\n (a) A party may amend his pleading once without leave of court at any\ntime before the period for responding to it expires, or within ten days\nafter its service or the service of a pleading responding to it. An\namended pleading whic…

§ 910. Simplified procedure for court determination of disputes; action\n without pleadings.\n The simplified procedure for court determination of disputes set forth\nin CPLR §§ 3031, 3035 and 3037, and rules 3032 and 3036, shall apply in\nthis court insofar as they may be applic…