Title UJC, Uniform Justice Court

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

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

§ 400. Method of commencing action or special proceeding. Section three hundred four of the civil practice law and rules shall not apply in this court. An action is commenced in this court and jurisdiction acquired by service of a summons. A special proceeding is commenced and ju…

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

§ 402. Summons; time to appear and answer. (a) If the summons is personally delivered to the defendant, it shall require him to appear and answer on a day not less than six nor more than thirty days after its service. (b) If the summons is served: 1. by delivery to a person, incl…

§ 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 county; provided, however, that where …

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

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

§ 410. Summons; when service complete. The service of the 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. Summons or notice of petition; filing nunc pro tunc. Where a summons in an action, or a petition or notice of petition in a special proceeding, has not been filed within the time prescribed by law, the court may order the filing thereof nunc pro tunc. In such instance the …

§ 501. Appearance by corporations. A corporation may appear as a party in any action brought pursuant to this act except as otherwise provided in section eighteen hundred nine thereof by an attorney as well as by any authorized officer, director or employee of the corporation pro…

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

§ 801. Provisional remedies; procedure. Practice and procedure for the requisition to seize a chattel, when requisition is allowed by § 209 of this act, shall be governed, insofar as consistent with this act, by the CPLR, subject to the following: (a) The chattel may be seized on…

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

§ 902. Pleadings; form. (a) All pleadings shall be formal pleadings, as in supreme court practice, except that: 1. If the plaintiff's cause of action is for money only, the complaint may be set forth by indorsement upon the summons. The indorsement shall consist of a statement of…

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

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

§ 907. Pleadings; subsequent pleading containing cause of action. (a) Counterclaim. The plaintiff may reply to a counterclaim but shall not be required to do so except by court order. If the plaintiff elects voluntarily to reply, he shall do so within ten days after service of th…

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

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

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