Title JUD, Judiciary

§ 323. Evidence of appointment and filing same; stenographer's oath.\nEvery appointment made pursuant to this article shall be in writing\nunder the hand of the official who makes the same, and shall be filed in\nthe clerk's office of the county in which such appointment is made…

§ 324. Revocation of appointment. Any appointment made under the\nprovisions of this article may be revoked by the district attorney,\nwhich revocation must be in writing and be filed in the office of the\nclerk of the county in which such appointment was filed.\n

§ 325. Stenographers' duties. 1. It shall be lawful for any\nstenographer duly appointed and qualified as hereinbefore provided, to\nattend and be present at the session of every grand jury impaneled in\nthe county in which he is appointed, and it shall be his duty to take in\ns…

§ 326. Misdemeanor for stenographer to violate provisions of this\narticle. Every stenographer appointed as aforesaid, who violates any\nprovision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n

§ 327. Compensation and payment of stenographers. Each stenographer\nappointed as aforesaid shall receive such compensation for services\nrendered while engaged in taking testimony before a grand jury, as shall\nbe determined by the board of supervisors or county legislature of …

§ 328. Designation of temporary stenographers to take place of or in\naddition to official stenographers. 1. In case of the absence by reason\nof illness, or other cause, of the official stenographer to any grand\njury in any county of this state, the district attorney of the co…

§ 329. Designation of temporary stenographer in special cases. If,\npursuant to law, the attorney general or a deputy attorney general,\nattend before the grand jury in any county, the attorney general may\nappoint a temporary stenographer to take the testimony given before the\…

§ 33. Expense of certain criminal prosecutions to be borne by the\nstate. The expenses of an investigation or prosecution in any county of\na matter or charge connected with, growing out of or relating to a\ncontract or contracts between the state, or any department, board,\ncom…

§ 330. Transcription of testimony by typists duly sworn. The\ntranscription of testimony taken by a stenographer may be effected by\nmeans of a dictating machine to be transcribed by a typist or typists\nduly authorized and appointed by the district attorney. Such typist or\ntyp…

§ 34. Apportionment of expenses related to salaries or compensation\npaid by the state in the first instance. Whenever in this chapter\nprovision is made for the apportionment among counties of salaries or\ncompensation paid by the state in the first instance, such apportionment…

§ 340. Salary of messenger of court of appeals. The messenger\nappointed to attend on the judges of the court of appeals shall receive\na salary of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in\nmonthly instalments.\n

§ 341. Duty of attendants at term of appellate division. A term of the\nappellate division of the supreme court must be attended by not more\nthan three attendants appointed by such court, one of whom shall act as\ncrier; all of whom must act under the direction of the court or …

§ 342. Duties of court officers, attendants and messengers of courts\nin Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Each of the\npersons appointed a court officer, attendant or messenger of the supreme\ncourt or county court of Kings, Queens or Richmond counties as\np…

§ 343. Duties of attendants for supreme and county courts in Monroe\ncounty. Each of the persons appointed an attendant in the supreme or\ncounty court by the sheriff of Monroe county pursuant to section four\nhundred and nine of this chapter must attend from day to day the term…

§ 344. Number of attendants upon courts in certain counties. In any\ncounty where the compensation of the attendants provided for in section\nfour hundred and three of this chapter, is now fixed by statute at the\nsum of three dollars per day and mileage, the number of attendant…

§ 345. Compensation of attendants of appellate division in third and\nfourth departments. Each of the attendants appointed by the justices of\nthe appellate division of the fourth department shall receive a\ncompensation of three thousand four hundred fifty dollars per year,\npa…

§ 346. Salary of attendants of courts in the first department and of\nthe appellate division. The salaries of the attendants of the supreme\ncourt in the first judicial district shall be fixed by the justices of\nthe supreme court of the first judicial district or a majority of …

§ 348. Salary of attendants of courts in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk\ncounties. The court attendants appointed for the supreme court in the\ncounty of Queens, pursuant to section one hundred and sixty-eight of\nthis chapter shall each receive an annual salary to be fixed by the\n…

§ 35. Assignment of counsel to indigent persons and appointment of\nphysicians in certain proceedings. 1. a. When a court orders a hearing\nin a proceeding upon a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause\nof detention of a person in custody in a state institution, or when…

§ 35-a. Statements to be filed by judges or justices fixing or\napproving fees, commissions, or other compensation for persons appointed\nby courts to perform services in actions and proceedings. 1. (a) On the\nfirst business day of each week any judge or justice who has during …

§ 35-b. Assignment of counsel and related services in criminal actions\nin which a death sentence may be imposed. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, in every criminal action in which a\ndefendant is charged with murder in the first degree as defined …

§ 350. Salary of attendants of supreme court in Richmond county. Each\nof the attendants appointed for the supreme court in the county of\nRichmond, shall receive a salary to be fixed by the justice or justices\nresiding in Richmond county, or by a majority of them; such salary,…

§ 351. Salary of confidential court attendants of the supreme court\njustices in the third judicial district residing in Albany and\nRensselaer counties. The confidential court attendants appointed by the\njustices of the supreme court in the third judicial district residing in\…

§ 352. Powers and salary of court officers appointed in Erie county.\nThe officers appointed pursuant to sections one hundred seventy-three\nand two hundred two of this chapter to attend upon the courts of Erie\ncounty shall possess all the powers of officers designated by sheri…

§ 36. Personal assistants to judges and justices. 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provisions of law, each justice of the supreme court may\nappoint and at pleasure remove one law clerk and one secretary, subject\nto standards and administrative policies promulgated pursuant to sec…

§ 360. Salary of crier of court of appeals. The crier of the court of\nappeals shall receive an annual salary of twenty-eight hundred dollars\nto be paid in equal monthly instalments and the comptroller is directed\nto draw his warrant for the same.\n

§ 361. Duties of crier and assistant crier of appellate division of\nfirst department. The duties of the crier and assistant crier of the\nappellate division in the first department, shall be such as may be\nprescribed by the rules made by the said appellate division.\n

§ 362. Criers not required to attend special term supreme court in\ncertain cases. Where a special term of the supreme court is adjourned to\nthe chambers of a justice of the court, pursuant to section one hundred\nand forty-seven of this chapter, the attendance of the crier is …

§ 363. Compensation of criers in each county except Kings and Erie.\nThe crier appointed pursuant to section two hundred of this chapter by\nthe county judge of each county, except Kings and Erie, to be crier for\nthe courts of record held in his county is entitled to a compensa…

§ 364. Compensation of criers of courts in Erie county. The salary of\nthe criers appointed for Erie county by the justices of the supreme\ncourt residing in Erie county together with the county judge of Erie\ncounty, in pursuance of section one hundred and seventy-three of this…

§ 37. Salary plan for non-judicial employees. 1. Salary schedules for\nnonjudicial officers and employees allocated to salary grades;\npromulgation; placement thereon. (a) The chief administrator of the\ncourts shall promulgate salary schedules for state-paid positions in the\nu…

§ 380. Salary of interpreters appointed for supreme court by appellate\ndivision of the first department. 1. The salary of each of the official\ninterpreters for the supreme court in the first judicial district\nappointed by the justices of the appellate division shall be fixed …

§ 386. Appointment and compensation of court interpreters generally.\nThe county judge and the district attorney of the county may appoint one\ninterpreter, who shall act as and be the court interpreter for such\ncounty. Such interpreter shall hold office during the pleasure of …

§ 387. Temporary appointment of interpreters. If the services of an\ninterpreter be required in any court and there be no unemployed official\ninterpreter to act therein, the court may appoint an interpreter to act\ntemporarily in such court. Such interpreter shall before enteri…

§ 388. Polish and Italian interpreters for Erie county. The county\nclerk of the county of Erie shall appoint a Polish and an Italian\ninterpreter to serve as such, under the direction of the presiding judge\nor justice, at the criminal terms of the county and supreme court, and…

§ 389. Appointment of additional interpreter for Westchester county.\nIn addition to the interpreter authorized to be appointed under section\nthree hundred and eighty-six, the county judge and district attorney of\nthe county of Westchester may appoint one additional interprete…

§ 39. Unified court budget; first instance payments by state;\nprovision for prepayment; payment by localities; transfer of\nnon-judicial personnel. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nand except as provided in subdivision three of this section the state\nshall pay i…

§ 39-a. Mediation. 1. Where, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision\nthree of section thirty-nine of this article, the chief administrator of\nthe courts determines that a political subdivision has ceased or failed\nduring a state fiscal year to provide goods, services and fac…

§ 39-b. Special provisions relating to court facilities. 1. For\npurposes of this section:\n (a) the term "court facilities" shall mean facilities for the\ntransaction of business by the state-paid courts and court-related\nagencies of the unified court system and the judicial a…

§ 390. Equal access to court proceedings for deaf or hard of hearing\nperson. 1. Whenever any deaf or hard of hearing person is a party to a\nlegal proceeding of any nature, or a witness or juror or prospective\njuror therein, the court in all instances shall appoint a qualified…

§ 391. Limited English proficient litigants' data. 1. For the purposes\nof this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "primary language" means the dominant language a litigant speaks\nin everyday situations, including but not limited to their home…

§ 4. Sittings of courts to be public. The sittings of every court\nwithin this state shall be public, and every citizen may freely attend\nthe same, except that in all proceedings and trials in cases for\ndivorce, seduction, rape, assault with intent to commit rape, bastardy,\nf…

§ 4-a. Certain powers of the courts regarding civil arrests. In order\nto maintain access to the court and open judicial proceedings for all\npersons in their individual capacity and to prevent interference with\nthe needs of judicial administration, a court has the power to iss…

§ 40. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following\nterms have the following meanings:\n 1. "Commission" means the state commission on judicial conduct.\n 2. "Judge" means a judge or justice of any court of the unified court\nsystem.\n 3. "Hearing" means a proceed…

§ 40-a. Recycled products. All products purchased by the courts shall\nbe recycled products, which meet contract specifications, unless the\nproduct is only available without recycled content, and provided that\nthe cost of the recycled product does not exceed a cost premium of …

§ 400. Sheriff may command power of county to overcome resistance. If\na sheriff, to whom a mandate is directed and delivered, finds, or has\nreason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution\nthereof, he may command all persons in his county, or as many as he\n…

§ 401. Sheriff must certify to court names of persons resisting\nexecution of mandate. The sheriff must certify to the court, from which\nor by whose authority the mandate was issued, the names of the\nresisters, their aiders and abettors, as far as he can ascertain the\nsame, t…

§ 402. Sheriff or deputy to attend term of appellate division. A term\nof the appellate division of the supreme court must be attended by the\nsheriff of the county in which it is held, his under sheriff, or one of\nhis deputies, each of whom must act under the direction of the …

§ 403. Sheriff must notify constables and deputies to attend terms.\nThe sheriff of each county, except New York, Bronx, Kings, and Queens,\nmust within a reasonable time before the sitting, in his county, of any\nterm of court, notify, in writing or personally, as many constabl…

§ 404. Sheriff or constable not required to attend special term\nsupreme court in certain cases. Where a special term of the supreme\ncourt is adjourned to the chambers of a justice of the court, pursuant\nto section one hundred and forty-seven of this chapter, the attendance\no…