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N.Y. Judiciary Law § 23 Age limitation on term of judicial office
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§ 23. Age limitation on term of judicial office. No person shall hold the office of judge, justice or surrogate of any court, whether of record or not of record, except a justice of the peace of a town or police justice of a village, longer than until and including the last day …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 24 Compensation of judges after removal
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§ 24. Compensation of judges after removal. Any judge or justice of any court who shall be removed pursuant to section nine of article six of the constitution, for any cause not involving moral delinquency, shall continue to receive, until the expiration of the term for which he…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 240 Its jurisdiction
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§ 240. Its jurisdiction. The court for the trial of impeachments has power to try impeachments, when presented by the assembly, of all civil officers of the state, except justices of the peace, justices of justices' courts, police justices, and their clerks, for willful and corr…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 241 Members of the court
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§ 241. Members of the court. The court is composed of the president of the senate, the senators, or a majority of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or a majority of them, but on the trial of an impeachment against the governor or lieutenant-governor, the lieutenant-g…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 242 Presiding judge
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§ 242. Presiding judge. The president of the senate, or in case of his impeachment, death or absence, the chief judge of the court of appeals, or in the absence of both, such other member as the court may elect, is the presiding judge of the court.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 243 Secretary and officers
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§ 243. Secretary and officers. The secretary and officers of the senate are the clerk and officers of the court for the trial of impeachments.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 244 Seal of the court
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§ 244. Seal of the court. The seal of the court for the trial of impeachments now deposited and recorded in the office of the secretary of state shall continue to be the seal of this court and must be kept in the custody of the secretary of the senate.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 245 Time of holding the court
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§ 245. Time of holding the court. Upon the delivery of an impeachment from the assembly to the senate the president of the senate must cause the court to be summoned to meet at the capitol in the city of Albany, on a day not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the day…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 246 Oath to members of the court
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§ 246. Oath to members of the court. At the time and place appointed, and before the court proceeds to act upon the impeachment, the clerk must administer to the presiding judge, and the presiding judge to each of the members of the court then present, an oath or affirmation tru…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 247 Adjournments, etc
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§ 247. Adjournments, etc. The court may adjourn from time to time and hold its sessions at such place as it may determine, but no more than two sessions of the court can be held during the recess of the legislature in any one year.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 248 Compensation of members and officers of the court
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§ 248. Compensation of members and officers of the court. The writ and process of the court must be signed by the clerk and attested in the name of the president of the senate. The president of the senate and each senator are entitled to receive for their services and expenses w…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 249 Definitions
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§ 249. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Internal control". A process that integrates the activities, plans, attitudes, policies, systems, resources and efforts of the people of an organization working together, and …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 249-A Internal control responsibilities
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§ 249-a. Internal control responsibilities. 1. The chief judge shall: a. establish and maintain for the judiciary guidelines for a system of internal control; b. establish and maintain for the judiciary a system of internal control and a program of internal control review. The p…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 249-B Internal audit responsibilities
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§ 249-b. Internal audit responsibilities. 1. The chief judge or his or her designee shall determine, and periodically review his or her determination of, whether an internal audit function within the judiciary is required. Establishment of such function shall be based upon an ev…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 249-C Independent audits
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§ 249-c. Independent audits. 1. At least once every three years, the independent certified public accountant selected pursuant to this section shall conduct audits of the internal controls of the judiciary. Such audits shall be performed in accordance with generally accepted gov…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 25 Retirement of state-paid full-time judges or justices of the unified court system and housing judges appointed pursuant to subdivision (f...
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§ 25. Retirement of state-paid full-time judges or justices of the unified court system and housing judges appointed pursuant to subdivision (f) of section one hundred ten of the New York city civil court act for disability. 1. A state-paid full-time judge or justice of the unif…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 25-A Retirement of judicial officers
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§ 25-a. Retirement of judicial officers. 1. A judicial officer retired\nfrom office for disability shall, if eligible, apply for retirement and\nshall retire from the retirement system or systems of which he is a\nmember. All such retirements shall be in accordance with and take…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 250 Clerk not to practice in his court
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§ 250. Clerk not to practice in his court. The clerk, deputy clerk, or special deputy clerk of a court shall not, during his continuance in office, practice as attorney or counsellor in that court.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 251 Clerks in courts of record within the territory of the first, second, tenth and eleventh judicial districts not to be appointed referees,...
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§ 251. Clerks in courts of record within the territory of the first, second, tenth and eleventh judicial districts not to be appointed referees, receivers, or commissioners. No person holding the office of clerk, deputy clerk, special deputy clerk, assistant special deputy clerk…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 251-A Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners
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§ 251-a. Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners. No person holding the office of confidential clerk or law secretary to a justice of the supreme court shall hereafter be appointed by any court or judge in any act…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 252 Clerks not to receive fees except as prescribed by law
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§ 252. Clerks not to receive fees except as prescribed by law. Each clerk of a court must perform all the duties required of him, in the course and practice of the court, without fee or reward, except as expressly prescribed by law.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 253 Clerk's fees upon naturalization
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§ 253. Clerk's fees upon naturalization. The clerk of any court, which has jurisdiction to naturalize a noncitizen, is entitled, for the services specified in this section, to the following fees: For all services, upon the filing of a declaration of intention by a noncitizen to …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 254 Reports by clerks to state officers
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§ 254. Reports by clerks to state officers. When a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination as to the parentage of any person, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit to the state commissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written notification…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 255 Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result
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§ 255. Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result. A clerk of a court must, upon request, and upon payment of, or offer to pay, the fees allowed by law, or, if no fees are expressly allowed by law, fees at the rate allowed to a county clerk for a similar servi…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 255-A Power of courts over docket
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§ 255-a. Power of courts over docket. A court has the same power and jurisdiction concerning the docket of its judgment kept by the county clerk of the county in which it was rendered that it has concerning the docket kept by its own clerk; the judgment may be docketed and chang…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 255-B Dockets of clerks to be public
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§ 255-b. Dockets of clerks to be public. A docket-book, kept by a clerk of a court, must be kept open, during the business hours fixed by law, for search and examination by any person.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 255-C Uniform transcript and certificate act
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§ 255-c. Uniform transcript and certificate act. 1. Every transcript of a judgment hereafter given by any clerk, judge or justice of a court of record or of a court not of record, or by any county clerk, shall be on paper eleven inches in width by eight-and-a-half inches in leng…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 256 Duties of clerk of court of appeals
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§ 256. Duties of clerk of court of appeals. 1. The clerk of the court of appeals must keep his office at the city of Albany. 2. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he must subscribe, and file the constitutional oath of office. 3. He must, within ten days after the fir…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 257 Power of clerk of court of appeals as to assistants and deputy
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§ 257. Power of clerk of court of appeals as to assistants and deputy. 1. The clerk of the court of appeals, by a writing, under his hand and the seal of the court, filed in his office, from time to time must appoint, and may at pleasure remove, a deputy-clerk. 2. He may with th…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 258 Powers and duties of deputy clerks of court of appeals
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§ 258. Powers and duties of deputy clerks of court of appeals. 1. Before entering upon his duties, the deputy clerk of the court of appeals must subscribe, and file in the clerk's office, the constitutional oath of office. 2. While the clerk is absent from his office, or from th…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 259 Duties of clerk to judge of court of appeals
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§ 259. Duties of clerk to judge of court of appeals. The clerk appointed by each judge of the court of appeals shall perform such services as the judge appointing him may require.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 260 Salary of clerk of court of appeals
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§ 260. Salary of clerk of court of appeals. The clerk of the court of appeals shall receive a salary of ten thousand dollars per annum.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 261 Salary of deputy clerk of court of appeals
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§ 261. Salary of deputy clerk of court of appeals. The deputy clerk of the court of appeals shall receive a salary of five thousand two hundred dollars per annum.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 262 Compensation of clerks to judges of court of appeals
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§ 262. Compensation of clerks to judges of court of appeals. The clerk appointed by each judge of the court of appeals shall be entitled to a compensation to be fixed by such judge, not exceeding four thousand dollars a year. The compensation herein provided shall be paid monthl…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 263 Salary of law clerk of court of appeals
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§ 263. Salary of law clerk of court of appeals. The law clerk of the court of appeals shall receive a salary of not to exceed five thousand dollars a year.
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 264 Duties of clerk of appellate division in each department
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§ 264. Duties of clerk of appellate division in each department. 1. The clerk of the appellate division in each department shall keep his office at a place to be designated by the justices appointing him. 2. A term of the appellate division of the supreme court must be attended …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 265 Fees of clerk of appellate division; in each judicial department; justices thereof to make rules
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§ 265. Fees of clerk of appellate division; in each judicial department; justices thereof to make rules. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The clerk of the appellate division of the supreme court in each judicial department, for his official services shall be entit…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 265-A Deputy clerk or attendant of appellate division in third department to act as librarian
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§ 265-a. Deputy clerk or attendant of appellate division in third department to act as librarian. The deputy clerk of the appellate division of the supreme court in the third judicial department or any attendant of said court shall also act under direction of said court as libra…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 266 Consultation clerks of appellate division in third and fourth departments
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§ 266. Consultation clerks of appellate division in third and fourth departments. The consultation clerks appointed by the justices of the appellate division in each of the third and fourth departments, shall act under the direction of said justices and shall attend the sittings…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 267 Certificates of appointment of clerks of the appellate division in third and fourth departments
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§ 267. Certificates of appointment of clerks of the appellate division in third and fourth departments. A certificate of the appointment of each of the clerks specified in this section shall be filed with the comptroller of the state: 1. A certificate of the appointment of each …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 268 Compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of appellate division
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§ 268. Compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of appellate division. 2. The salary of the clerk of the appellate division in the second judicial department shall be fixed by the justices of the said appellate division or a majority of them, to be paid quarterly by the departme…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 269 Salary of clerks to justices of appellate division of first and second departments
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§ 269. Salary of clerks to justices of appellate division of first and second departments. 1. Each of the clerks appointed pursuant to section ninety-six of this chapter by the justices of the appellate division of the first and second departments shall receive as salary a sum t…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 27 Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, judgments and accounts must be computed in dollars and cents
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§ 27. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, judgments and accounts must be computed in dollars and cents. In all judgments or decrees rendered by any court for any debt, damages or costs, in all executions issued thereupon, and in all accounts arising from p…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 270 Special deputy appointed by justices of the appellate division in first department
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§ 270. Special deputy appointed by justices of the appellate division in first department. 1. In the county of New York, the special deputy clerk assigned by the justices of the appellate division of the first department to part one of the special term of the supreme court shall…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 271 Clerks of supreme court not required to attend special term in certain cases
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§ 271. Clerks of supreme court not required to attend special term in certain cases. Where a special term of the supreme court is adjourned to the chambers of a justice of the court, pursuant to section one hundred and forty-seven of this chapter, the attendance of the clerk is …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 271-A Appointment of administrative clerk in fifth judicial district
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§ 271-a. Appointment of administrative clerk in fifth judicial district. 1. The justices of the supreme court for the fifth judicial district, or a majority of them, may designate and at pleasure remove one of the clerks of the court as an administrative clerk. He shall have cha…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 272 Duty of confidential clerks to justices of supreme court in second, ninth and tenth districts
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§ 272. Duty of confidential clerks to justices of supreme court in second, ninth and tenth districts. It shall be the duty of the confidential clerks appointed by justices of the supreme court for the second, ninth and tenth judicial districts to attend the sittings of the said …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 273 Salary of clerks to justices of supreme court
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§ 273. Salary of clerks to justices of supreme court. 1. Each of the clerks appointed by the justices of the supreme court in the first judicial district, pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred and fifty-seven of this chapter, shall receive as salary a sum to be fixe…
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 274 Duty of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county
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§ 274. Duty of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county. It shall be the duty of each of the special deputy clerks appointed by the supreme court justices residing in Queens county pursuant to section one hundred and fifty-six of this chapter, to attend each …
N.Y. Judiciary Law § 275 Salary of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county
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§ 275. Salary of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county. The salary of the special deputy clerks mentioned in section two hundred and seventy-four shall be fixed by the justices of the supreme court residing in the county, or a majority of them, and when so…