Title UDC, Uniform District Court

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

§ 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 the meaning defined in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the judicial conference of the state. (b) "Administrative judge" mean…

§ 2102. Civil practice; general provisions; CPLR applicable. The CPLR and other provisions of law relating to practice and procedure 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 division may adopt, amend and rescind rules for the district court not inconsistent with this act, with the CPLR or with the standards and policies adopted by the administrative board. A copy of the rules shall be available at all times in th…

§ 2103-a. Use of electronic filing authorized. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator of the courts may authorize a program in the use of electronic means in civil cases in a district court as provided in article twenty-one-A of the civil practice…

§ 2104. Jurisdiction, venue or procedure not affected or impaired; certain cases. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, law and rules, regulation or charter or of this act to the contrary, in the county of Suffolk in those cases of districts having one di…

§ 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 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 with respect to actions comme…

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

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

*(Sections 2401 through 2422 from chapter 879 of 1936 as amended are supplemental sections - not part of UDCA) * § 2401. District court; establishment. There shall be in the county a district court, which shall be governed by the uniform district court act. * NB There are 2 § 240…

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

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

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

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

§ 2404. Qualifications and duties of judges; oaths of office. 1. No one shall be eligible to the office of judge of the district court unless he be a resident elector in the district for which he shall be elected or appointed, and shall have been admitted to practice law in this…

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

§ 2406. Board of judges. 1. The judges of said court shall constitute the board of judges of the court. The judge elected from the first district shall be the president. The meetings of the board shall be public, except when such board shall be in executive session, and so far a…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* § 2412. Seals. The court in each district shall have an official seal on which shall be engraved the arms of the state of New York, the name of the court, the county and the district. Seals shall be furnished at the expense of the first judicial district. * NB There are 2 § 24…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 2422. Powers, duties and liabilities of marshals and deputy marshals. 1. The marshals shall be the enforcement officers of the court. The authority of a marshal extends throughout the county and all provisions of law relating to the powers, duties and liabilities of sheriffs i…

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

§ 2502. Enforcement officer. The sheriff of Suffolk county is hereby designated the enforcement officer for the district court of Suffolk county as defined in the uniform district court act. The territorial jurisdiction of the sheriff of Suffolk county as enforcement officer und…

§ 2503. Disposition of fines and penalties. All fines and penalties imposed and collected by any judge of the court sitting as a court of special sessions or as a magistrate's court shall be paid over to the county treasurer and be credited by him to the first judicial district,…

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

§ 2602. Presumption of regularity. The presumption of regularity shall attach to the proceedings, judgments, orders and final orders of this court, and every fair intendment shall be made in favor of its jurisdiction.

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

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

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

§ 2612. Construction. The provisions of this chapter relating to the district court and procedure therein shall be liberally construed in furtherance of justice.

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

§ 300. Venue; when venue provisions applicable. The provisions of this article shall apply only in a county having two or more districts comprising its district court, and it shall not be necessary that such districts within such county be contiguous.