Title JUD, Judiciary

§ 499-j. Effect. The powers, duties, and functions of the state\ncommission on prosecutorial conduct shall not supersede the powers and\nduties of the governor as outlined in section thirteen of article\nthirteen of the New York state constitution.\n

§ 5. Courts not to sit on Sunday except in special cases nor on\nSaturday in certain cases. A court shall not be opened, or transact any\nbusiness on Sunday, nor shall a court transact any business on a\nSaturday in any case where such day is kept as a holy day by any party\nto …

§ 500. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all\nlitigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial by jury shall\nhave the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair\ncross-section of the community in the county or other government…

§ 501. Application of article. Except as otherwise provided, the\nprovisions of this article shall apply to grand and petit jurors in all\ncourts of the unified court system in which a jury may be drawn, whether\nsuch courts are of record or not of record.\n

§ 502. Commissioner of jurors. (a) The office of commissioner of\njurors is hereby established for each county in the state except\ncounties within cities having a population of one million or more. In\ncounties within such cities the county clerk shall exercise the duties\nand …

§ 503. County jury board. (a) There shall be established for each\ncounty a jury board composed as follows:\n 1. In counties outside cities having a population of one million or\nmore, except in the counties of Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau,\nthe county jury board shal…

§ 504. Appointment and removal of commissioner of jurors. (a) Except\nin counties within cities having a population of one million or more,\nthe county jury board, or a majority thereof, shall appoint a\ncommissioner of jurors for a term of four years and shall fill any\nvacancy…

§ 505. Oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of his office a\ncommissioner appointed under this article, and each deputy, assistant or\nemployee, shall take the oath of office prescribed by law and file the\nsame with the office of court administration and in the offic…

§ 506. Source of names. The commissioner of jurors shall cause the\nnames of prospective jurors to be selected at random from the voter\nregistration lists, and from such other available lists of the residents\nof the county as the chief administrator of the courts shall specify…

§ 507. Random selection. The commissioner of jurors shall select the\nnames of prospective jurors, or cause them to be selected, at random\nfrom the sources provided in section five hundred six. The selection may\nbe accomplished by mechanical means or by any other method design…

§ 508. Number to be selected. The commissioner of jurors shall draw at\nrandom for each term and each separate part of a term of court at which\nissues are triable by jury, such number of petit jurors and such number\nof grand jurors as he believes necessary, unless otherwise sp…

§ 509. Qualification of jurors. (a) The commissioner of jurors shall\ndetermine the qualifications of a prospective juror on the basis of\ninformation provided on the juror's qualification questionnaire. The\ncommissioner of jurors may also consider other information including\n…

§ 51. Court of appeals may make rules of practice for its court. The\ncourt of appeals may from time to time adopt, amend, or rescind rules,\nnot inconsistent with the constitution or statutes of the state,\nregulating the practice and proceedings in the court.\n

§ 510. Qualifications. In order to qualify as a juror a person must:\n 1. Be a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the county.\n 2. Be not less than eighteen years of age.\n 3. Not have been convicted of a felony.\n 4. Be able to understand and communicate in the Eng…

§ 513. Form of questionnaire. The questionnaire to be filled out by\nprospective jurors shall be in such form as the chief administrator of\nthe courts may prescribe.\n

§ 516. Commissioner of jurors to summon jurors. The commissioner of\njurors shall summon each juror drawn for jury service by serving upon\nhim a summons and specifying the place where and the time when he is\nrequired to attend. The summons may be served by mail, or the\ncommis…

§ 517. Excuses and postponements. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided\nin paragraph two of this subdivision, the commissioner of jurors may, in\nsuch commissioner's discretion, on the application of a prospective\njuror who has been summoned to attend, excuse such prospective j…

§ 518. Discharge by the court. The court shall discharge a person from\nserving as a trial or a grand juror whenever it satisfactorily appears\nthat he or she is not qualified.\n

§ 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is\nsummoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and\nwho notifies their employer to that effect prior to the commencement of\na term of service shall not, on account of absence from employme…

§ 519-a. Right of sequestered jurors to be provided with food\nconforming to religious tenets. 1. Every juror shall have the right to\nbe provided upon request meals consisting of food or food products\nprepared in accordance with the religious requirements of the person\nwhen m…

§ 52. General rule or order of court of appeals must be published. A\ngeneral rule or order of the court of appeals does not take effect until\nit has been published in the state register.\n

§ 520. Trial jurors to serve in other parts, terms or courts. Trial\njurors drawn for service pursuant to the provisions of this article may\nserve as trial jurors in any term or part of the same court when it sits\nin terms or parts, or in any other court in the same county or …

§ 521. Fees and travel expenses of jurors. (a) Except as provided in\nsubdivision (b) of this section, trial and grand jurors in each court of\nthe unified court system shall be entitled to an allowance equal to the\nsum of seventy-two dollars per day for each and every day of p…

§ 521-a. Fees of trial jury. In any action or special proceeding in a\ncourt of the unified court system that requires a juror's physical\nattendance for more than thirty days, the court, by an order entered\ninto the minutes, shall notify the commissioner of jurors of such\nser…

§ 522. Appellate divisions to make rules. The appellate divisions of\nthe supreme court in each judicial department shall adopt rules\nconsistent with this article and with such standards and policies as the\nadministrative board may establish in order to effectuate the policy a…

§ 523. Sheriff's jurors. The county clerk of each county in a city\nhaving a population of one million or more shall select annually from\nthe persons qualified to act as trial jurors, the names of such number\nof persons as he deems necessary to constitute the sheriff's jurors …

§ 524. Disqualification of former jurors. (a) A person who has served\non a grand or petit jury in any court of the unified court system or in\na federal court shall not be competent to serve again as a trial or\ngrand juror in any court of the unified court system for six years…

§ 525. Trial and grand jurors; duration of service. (a) Except as\nprovided in subdivision (d) of this section, service of trial jurors in\ncourts of the unified court system shall not be more than five court\ndays actual attendance or for such shorter period as the commissioner…

§ 526. Presentation of claims by jurors and disposition of unclaimed\nfees. All jurors who have served in a court of the unified court system\npursuant to a duly issued summons as provided for in this article and\nare entitled to an allowance therefor must present their claims t…

§ 527. Procedure for noncompliance. 1. The commissioner of jurors may\nbring a proceeding for noncompliance against any person who fails to\nrespond to a juror qualification questionnaire pursuant to section five\nhundred nine of this article; or who fails to attend after having…

§ 528. Collection of demographic data. The commissioner of jurors\nshall collect demographic data for jurors who present for jury service,\nincluding each juror's race and/or ethnicity, age and sex, and the chief\nadministrator of the courts shall submit the data in an annual re…

§ 53. Rule-making power of court of appeals as to admission of\nattorneys and counsellors. 1. The court of appeals may from time to time\nadopt, amend, or rescind rules not inconsistent with the constitution or\nstatutes of the state, regulating the admission of attorneys and\nc…

§ 54. Terms of court of appeals. The terms of the court of appeals\nmust be appointed to be held at such times and places as the court\nthinks proper, and continued as long as the public interest requires.\n A term of the court may be appointed to be held in a building other\nth…

§ 55. Chambers for judges of court of appeals. In case of the refusal\nor neglect of the board of supervisors of a county to provide chambers\nfor a resident judge of the court of appeals pursuant to section two\nhundred eighteen of the county law, the judge may rent and maintai…

§ 56. Court of appeals to appoint state board of law examiners. The\ncourt of appeals shall, from time to time, appoint five members of the\nbar to constitute the state board of law examiners. Each member of such\nboard shall hold office for a term of three years, and until the\…

§ 57. Appointment of clerks, messenger and attendants. The court of\nappeals may, from time to time, by an order entered in its minutes,\nappoint and remove its clerk, a law clerk, a messenger, and such\nattendants or other clerks as it deems necessary.\n

§ 58. Appointment of clerks to judges of court of appeals. Each judge\nof the court of appeals may appoint and at pleasure remove a clerk. The\nchief judge, in addition thereto, is authorized to appoint a\nconfidential clerk.\n

§ 59. Duty of court of appeals to direct action on forfeiture of bond\ngiven by clerk of court. If the bond given by the clerk of the court of\nappeals, before entering upon his duties, as prescribed by law, is\nforfeited by a breach of its condition, the court of appeals must, …

§ 6. Adjournment of term of court of record to future day. Any term\nof a court of record may be adjourned from day to day, or to a specified\nfuture day, by an entry in the minutes. Any judge of the court may so\nadjourn a term thereof, in the absence of a sufficient number of …

§ 60. Court of appeals building. The chief judge of the court of\nappeals shall have supervision and control of the court of appeals\nbuilding in the city of Albany, with the grounds and premises adjacent\nor appurtenant thereto or connected therewith belonging to the state so\n…

§ 61. Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Commission" means the commission on judicial nomination.\n 2. "Candidate" means a person who is constitutionally eligible to hold\nthe office of chief judge or assoc…

§ 62. Organization of the commission. 1. A commission on judicial\nnomination is hereby established. The commission shall consist of twelve\nmembers of whom four shall be appointed by the governor, four by the\nchief judge of the court of appeals, and one each by the speaker of …

§ 63. Functions of the commission. 1. The commission shall consider\nand evaluate the qualifications of candidates for appointment to the\noffices of chief judge and associate judge of the court of appeals and,\nas a vacancy occurs in any such office, shall recommend to the gove…

§ 64. Additional functions of the commission. The commission shall\nhave the following functions, powers and duties:\n 1. Establish procedures to assure that persons who may be well\nqualified for appointment to the court of appeals, other than those who\nhave requested consider…

§ 65. Rules of the commission. 1. The commission shall adopt, and may\namend, written rules of procedure not inconsistent with law.\n 2. Rules of the commission shall be filed with the secretary of state\nand the clerk of the court of appeals and shall be published in the\noffic…

§ 66. Confidentiality of proceedings and records. 1. All\ncommunications to the commission, and its proceedings, and all\napplications, correspondence, interviews, transcripts, reports and all\nother papers, files and records of the commission shall be confidential\nand privileg…

§ 67. Breach of confidentiality of commission information. 1. Any\nstaff member, employee or agent of the state commission on judicial\nnomination who violates any of the provisions of section sixty-six of\nthis article shall be subject to a reprimand, a fine, suspension or\nrem…

§ 68. Procedures when vacancies occur. 1. Whenever a vacancy will\noccur in the office of chief judge or associate judge of the court of\nappeals by expiration of term:\n (a) on December thirty-first in a year fixed by the constitution for\nthe election of the governor, the cler…

§ 7. Adjournment of term on non-appearance of judge. If a judge,\nauthorized to hold a term of a court, does not come to the place where\nthe term is appointed to be held, or to which it shall have been\nadjourned by the judge, before four o'clock in the afternoon of the day\nso…

§ 7-a. Vacancies or changes in judges; power of judge out of office. A\ncivil or criminal action or special proceeding in a court of record is\nnot discontinued by a vacancy or change in the judges of the court or by\nthe re-election or re-appointment of a judge, but it must be …