Title UDC, Uniform District Court

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

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

§ 2101. Definitions.\n The following words used in this act shall have the meaning defined in\nthis section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:\n (a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the\njudicial conference of the state.\n (b) "Administrative jud…

§ 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\ndistrict court 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 …

§ 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 district court as provided in\narticle twenty-one-A of the civil pra…

§ 2104. Jurisdiction, venue or procedure not affected or impaired;\ncertain cases. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special\nlaw, law and rules, regulation or charter or of this act to the\ncontrary, in the county of Suffolk in those cases of districts having\non…

§ 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 respect to action…

§ 213. Jurisdiction of justices of the peace. The court shall have:\n (a) concurrently, the jurisdiction of the justices of the peace of\nsuch towns of the county as comprise the district court, and\n (b) in any such town wherein there is no justice of the peace, the\njurisdictio…

§ 2300. Application of this act; effective date.\n (a) This act shall become law immediately, and all references\nhereafter to the "uniform district court act" or to the "UDCA" in any\nlaw of the state shall be deemed a reference to this act.\n (b) This act shall not become opera…

*(Sections 2401 through 2422 from chapter 879 of 1936 as amended are\nsupplemental sections - not part of UDCA)\n * § 2401. District court; establishment. There shall be in the county\na district court, which shall be governed by the uniform district court\nact.\n * NB There are …

* § 2401. District court establishment. There shall be a district\ncourt system established in the area or areas of the county of Suffolk\nas herein provided. The Suffolk county district court shall be an\ninferior court and the judges thereof shall have the civil and criminal\n…

* § 2402. Justices of the peace abolished; powers and jurisdiction of\npolice justices transferred. All the powers, duties and jurisdiction of\nthe justices of the peace in the several towns of the county are hereby\ntransferred to the district court of the county and the judges…

* § 2402. District court system; area and composition. The district\ncourt system of Suffolk county shall be established on the first day of\nJanuary next succeeding one year from the general election at which at\nleast three contiguous towns, by a majority vote cast in each suc…

§ 2403. Districts and number of judges therein. The county district\ncourt system shall be divided into judicial districts as follows: The\nentire district court system shall constitute the first judicial\ndistrict in which one district court judge shall be elected. Each town\ne…

§ 2404. Qualifications and duties of judges; oaths of office. 1. No\none shall be eligible to the office of judge of the district court\nunless he be a resident elector in the district for which he shall be\nelected or appointed, and shall have been admitted to practice law in\n…

§ 2405. Districts and number of judges therein. The county shall be\ndivided into judicial districts as follows: The county as a whole shall\nconstitute the first judicial district in which one district court judge\nshall be elected. The town of Hempstead shall be the second jud…

§ 2406. Board of judges. 1. The judges of said court shall constitute\nthe board of judges of the court. The judge elected from the first\ndistrict shall be the president. The meetings of the board shall be\npublic, except when such board shall be in executive session, and so fa…

§ 2407. Board of judges. 1. The judges of said court shall constitute\nthe board of judges of the county. The judge elected from the first\ndistrict shall be the president. The meetings of the board shall be\npublic, except when such board shall be in executive session, and so f…

* § 2408. Procedure for traffic violations. 1. The board of judges\nshall have power to provide, by resolution, a procedure to govern the\npayment of fines by any person accused of violating any provision of any\nlaw, ordinance, rule or regulation relating to vehicular or pedest…

* § 2408. Access to court houses; expenses of court how paid. The\njudges of the court shall have access to and possession of the\ncourt-rooms and court offices and other places provided by the first\njudicial district for the transaction of the business of the district\ncourt. …

§ 2408-a. Disposition of fines and penalties. All fines and penalties\nimposed and collected by any judge of a court of special sessions or\nmagistrate's court shall be paid over to the county treasurer and be\ncredited by him to the general county fund, except as follows:\n 1. …

§ 2409. County to provide place of holding court. It shall be the duty\nof the county to provide suitable places for holding court.\n

§ 2410. Time and place of holding court. It shall be the duty of the\nfirst judicial district to provide suitable places for holding court in\naccordance with the designation made by the board of judges as\nhereinbefore provided. The judges assigned by the board shall hold court…

§ 2411. Procedure for traffic violations. 1. The board of judges shall\nhave power to provide, by resolution, a procedure to govern the payment\nof fines by any person accused of violating any provision of any law,\nordinance, rule or regulation relating to vehicular or pedestri…

* § 2412. Expenses of court, how paid. It shall be the duty of the\ncounty to supply and pay for whatever may be necessary for the\ntransaction of the business of said court and the judges thereof, and to\nsupply all proper accommodations, books, stationery and furniture and to\…

* § 2412. Seals. The court in each district shall have an official\nseal on which shall be engraved the arms of the state of New York, the\nname of the court, the county and the district. Seals shall be furnished\nat the expense of the first judicial district.\n * NB There are 2…

§ 2413. Court clerks; appointment, compensation and removal. The board\nof judges shall appoint one court clerk for each judicial district and,\nsubject to the applicable civil service laws, such additional court\nclerks, deputy court clerks, stenographers and other assistants a…

§ 2414. Court clerks; duties. The court clerk in each district shall:\n 1. Exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon\nhim by this act and the rules and the resolutions of the board of\njudges, and those usually appertaining to his offices; and, in the\nex…

§ 2415. Court clerks, marshals, and other employees; appointment;\ncompensation. The board of judges shall appoint, subject to the approval\nof the appellate division of the supreme court for the second judicial\ndepartment, such court clerks, deputy court clerks, marshals, depu…

§ 2416. Court clerk; duty to account for fees. The court clerk in each\ndistrict shall collect and receive all the fees, and account for and pay\nthe same into the county treasury at such times as the county treasurer\nmay prescribe, which account shall contain the title of each…

§ 2417. Bond of marshal. 1. No marshal shall be permitted to enter\nupon the duties of his office until he shall have given a bond as herein\nprescribed. The bond shall be executed by the marshal with a fidelity or\nsurety company duly authorized by law to act as surety or with …

§ 2418. Action on marshal's bond. An action upon the bond of a marshal\nmay be brought and prosecuted to judgment in this court, upon leave\nobtained from a judge of this court, according to the provisions\nrelating to an action in the supreme court by a private person upon an\n…

§ 2419. Filing of transcript of judgment with county clerk; reducing\nbond. Upon filing with the county clerk of a transcript of a judgment on\nthe bond of a marshal, the county clerk shall make a memorandum on the\nbond of the time when and the court whereby such judgment was r…

§ 2420. Reducing bond on payment. Whenever the sureties of the marshal\nshall pay the amount for which the action on the marshal's bond is\nbrought, and the costs and disbursements incurred therein, or any part\nthereof, they shall be entitled to have such sum credited upon the …

§ 2421. Appellate division to compel renewal of marshal's bond.\nWhenever judgment shall be rendered on the bond of a marshal or the bond\nshall be reduced as provided in the last preceding section, the county\nclerk shall report the fact to the appellate division. If any bond i…

§ 2422. Powers, duties and liabilities of marshals and deputy\nmarshals. 1. The marshals shall be the enforcement officers of the\ncourt. The authority of a marshal extends throughout the county and all\nprovisions of law relating to the powers, duties and liabilities of\nsherif…

§ 2501. Application of uniform district court act. The civil and\ncriminal jurisdiction of and practice and procedure in the district\ncourt of Suffolk county shall be as set forth in the uniform district\ncourt act.\n

§ 2502. Enforcement officer. The sheriff of Suffolk county is hereby\ndesignated the enforcement officer for the district court of Suffolk\ncounty as defined in the uniform district court act. The territorial\njurisdiction of the sheriff of Suffolk county as enforcement officer\…

§ 2503. Disposition of fines and penalties. All fines and penalties\nimposed and collected by any judge of the court sitting as a court of\nspecial sessions or as a magistrate's court shall be paid over to the\ncounty treasurer and be credited by him to the first judicial distri…

§ 2601. Death or removal of judge not to affect proceedings. No\nprocess, action, judgment, execution or proceeding shall abate or be\ndiscontinued by reason of the death, removal from office or vacancy in\noffice of any judge, but another judge shall proceed to hear, try,\ndete…

§ 2602. Presumption of regularity. The presumption of regularity shall\nattach to the proceedings, judgments, orders and final orders of this\ncourt, and every fair intendment shall be made in favor of its\njurisdiction.\n

§ 2603. Vote on creation of the district court system. At the general\nelection to be held in nineteen hundred sixty-two there shall be\nsubmitted to all the electors of the various towns of Suffolk county,\nincluding the electors within incorporated villages, the following two\…

§ 2604. Alternate method of submission. 1. If the county district\ncourt system is not created at the general election in nineteen hundred\nsixty-two, it may be submitted to the electors of the towns for adoption\nat any subsequent general election provided resolutions authorizi…

§ 2611. Pending actions and proceedings. (a) No action or proceeding,\ncivil or criminal, pending at the time when this act shall take effect,\nshall be affected or abated by the passage of this act or by anything\nherein contained. All actions or proceedings, civil or criminal,…

§ 2612. Construction. The provisions of this chapter relating to the\ndistrict court and procedure therein shall be liberally construed in\nfurtherance of justice.\n

§ 2613. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation…

§ 300. Venue; when venue provisions applicable.\n The provisions of this article shall apply only in a county having two\nor more districts comprising its district court, and it shall not be\nnecessary that such districts within such county be contiguous.\n