Title UJC, Uniform Justice Court

§ 2300. Application of this act.\n (a) Reference to UJCA. All references to the "uniform justice court\nact" or to the "UJCA" in any law of the state shall be deemed a\nreference to this act or to the appropriate portions thereof.\n (b) Courts to which applicable.\n 1. Town and v…

§ 2301. Effective date.\n This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, except that subdivision (e) of § 2300 shall take effect\nimmediately.\n

§ 400. Method of commencing action or special proceeding.\n Section three hundred four of the civil practice law and rules shall\nnot apply in this court. An action is commenced in this court and\njurisdiction acquired by service of a summons. A special proceeding is\ncommenced a…

§ 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, it shall\nrequire him to appear and answer on a day not less than six nor more\nthan thirty days after its service.\n (b) If the summons is served:\n 1. by delivery to a pers…

§ 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;\nprovided, however, that w…

§ 406. Summons; service by publication authorized.\n If service cannot be made by another method with due diligence, the\ncourt, upon motion without notice, shall order service of a summons by\npublication in any action where a chattel of the person to be served has\nbeen seized …

§ 409. Summons; filing; proof of service.\n (a) A copy of the summons and complaint with proof of service shall be\nfiled with the clerk within six days after service.\n (b) If service has been made by the court's enforcement officer, his\ncertificate shall be the equivalent of a…

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

§ 411. Summons or notice of petition; filing nunc pro tunc.\n Where a summons in an action, or a petition or notice of petition in a\nspecial proceeding, has not been filed within the time prescribed by\nlaw, the court may order the filing thereof nunc pro tunc. In such\ninstance…

§ 501. Appearance by corporations.\n A corporation may appear as a party in any action brought pursuant to\nthis act except as otherwise provided in section eighteen hundred nine\nthereof by an attorney as well as by any authorized officer, director or\nemployee of the corporatio…

§ 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 Practice and procedure for the requisition to seize a chattel, when\nrequisition is allowed by § 209 of this act, shall be governed, insofar\nas consistent with this act, by the CPLR, subject to the following:\n (a) The chattel may be sei…

§ 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, the complaint\nmay be set forth by indorsement upon the summons. The indorsement shall\nconsist of a state…

§ 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…