Title CCA, New York City Civil Court

§ 1706. Appeals from appellate court. Appeals from the judgment or\norder of an appellate court, on appeal from this court, shall be\ngoverned by the CPLR.\n

§ 1707. Appeal to the court of appeals. An appeal may be taken direct\nto the court of appeals from a judgment or order which finally\ndetermines an action or special proceeding where the only question\ninvolved on the appeal is the validity of a statutory provision of the\nstat…

§ 1801. Small claims defined. The term "small claim" or "small claims"\nas used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money\nonly not in excess of ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest and\ncosts, or any action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbit…

§ 1801-A. Commercial claims defined. (a) The term "commercial claim"\nor "commercial claims" as used in this article shall mean and include\nany cause of action for money only not in excess of the maximum amount\npermitted for a small claim in the small claims part of the court,…

§ 1802. Parts for the determination of small claims established. The\nchief administrator shall assign the times and places for holding, and\nthe judges who shall hold, one or more parts of the court in each county\nfor the hearing of small claims as herein defined, and the rule…

§ 1802-A. Parts for the determination of commercial claims\nestablished. The chief administrator shall assign the times and places\nfor holding, and the judges who shall hold, one or more parts of the\ncourt in each county for the hearing of commercial claims as herein\ndefined,…

§ 1803. Commencement of action upon small claim. (a) Small claims\nshall be commenced upon the payment by the claimant of a filing fee of\nfifteen dollars for claims in the amount of one thousand dollars or less\nand twenty dollars for claims in the amount of more than one thous…

§ 1803-A. Commencement of action upon commercial claim. (a)\nCommercial claims other than claims arising out of consumer transactions\nshall be commenced upon the payment by the claimant of a filing fee of\ntwenty-five dollars and the cost of mailings as herein provided, without…

§ 1804. Informal and simplified procedure on small claims. The court\nshall conduct hearings upon small claims in such manner as to do\nsubstantial justice between the parties according to the rules of\nsubstantive law and shall not be bound by statutory provisions or rules\nof …

§ 1804-A. Informal and simplified procedure on commercial claims. The\ncourt shall conduct hearings upon commercial claims in such manner as to\ndo substantial justice between the parties according to the rules of\nsubstantive law and shall not be bound by statutory provisions o…

§ 1805. Remedies available; transfer of small claims. (a) Upon\ndetermination of a small claim, the court shall direct judgment in\naccordance with its findings, and, when necessary to do substantial\njustice between the parties, may condition the entry of judgment upon\nsuch te…

§ 1805-A. Remedies available; transfer of commercial claims. (a) Upon\ndetermination of a commercial claim, the court shall direct judgment in\naccordance with its findings, and, when necessary to do substantial\njustice between the parties, may condition the entry of judgment u…

§ 1806. Trial by jury; how obtained; discretionary costs. A person\ncommencing an action upon a small claim under this article shall be\ndeemed to have waived a trial by jury, but if said action shall be\nremoved to a regular part of the court, the plaintiff shall have the\nsame…

§ 1806-A. Trial by jury; how obtained; discretionary costs. A claimant\ncommencing an action upon a commercial claim under this article shall be\ndeemed to have waived a trial by jury, but if said action shall be\nremoved to a regular part of the court, the claimant shall have t…

§ 1807. Review. A person commencing an action upon a small claim under\nthis article shall be deemed to have waived all right to appeal, except\nthat either party may appeal on the sole grounds that substantial\njustice has not been done between the parties according to the rule…

§ 1807-A. Proceedings on default and review of judgments. (a) A\nclaimant commencing an action upon a commercial claim under this article\nshall be deemed to have waived all right to appeal, except that either\nparty may appeal on the sole grounds that substantial justice has no…

§ 1808. Judgment obtained to be res judicata in certain cases. A\njudgment obtained under this article shall not be deemed an adjudication\nof any fact at issue or found therein in any other action or court;\nexcept that a subsequent judgment obtained in another action or court\…

§ 1808-A. Judgment obtained to be res judicata in certain cases. A\njudgment obtained under this article shall not be deemed an adjudication\nof any fact at issue or found therein in any other action or court;\nexcept that a subsequent judgment obtained in another action or cour…

§ 1809. Procedures relating to corporations, associations, insurers\nand assignees. 1. No corporation, except a municipal corporation, public\nbenefit corporation, school district or school district public library\nwholly or partially within the municipal corporate limit, no\npa…

§ 1809-A. Procedures relating to corporations, associations, insurers\nand assignees. (a) Any corporation, including a municipal corporation or\npublic benefit corporation, partnership, or association, which has its\nprincipal office in the city of New York and an assignee of an…

§ 1810. Limitation on right to resort to small claims procedures. If\nthe clerk shall find that the procedures of the small claims part are\nsought to be utilized by a claimant for purposes of oppression or\nharassment, as where a claimant has previously resorted to such\nproced…

§ 1810-A. Limitation on right to resort to commercial claims\nprocedures. If the clerk shall find that the procedures of the\ncommercial claims part are sought to be utilized by a claimant for\npurposes of oppression or harassment, as where a claimant has previously\nresorted to…

§ 1811. Notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid\nclaims. (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify\nthat a failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one\nor combination of the following actions:\n 1. garnishment of wage;\n 2. …

§ 1811-A. Indexing commercial claims part judgments. All wholly or\npartially unsatisfied commercial claims part judgments shall be indexed\nalphabetically and chronologically under the name of the judgment\ndebtor. Upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor shall present…

§ 1812. Enforcement of small claims judgments. (a) The special\nprocedures set forth in subdivision (b) hereof shall be available only\nwhere:\n 1. there is a recorded judgment of a small claims court; and\n 2. (i) the aforesaid judgment resulted from a transaction in the\ncours…

§ 1812-A. Enforcement of commercial claims judgments. Where a judgment\nhas been entered in a commercial claims part and remains unsatisfied,\nthe commercial claims clerk shall, upon request, issue information\nsubpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and provide th…

§ 1813. Duty to pay judgments. (a) Any person, partnership, firm or\ncorporation which is sued in a small claims court for any cause of\naction arising out of its business activities, shall pay any judgment\nrendered against it in its true name or in any name in which it conduct…

§ 1813-A. Duty to pay judgments. (a) Any person, partnership, firm or\ncorporation which is sued in a commercial claims part for any cause of\naction arising out of its business activities, shall pay any judgment\nrendered against it in its true name or in any name in which it c…

§ 1814. Designation of defendant; amendment procedure. (a) A party who\nis ignorant, in whole or in part, of the true name of a person,\npartnership, firm or corporation which may properly be made a party\ndefendant, may proceed against such defendant in any name used by the\npe…

§ 1814-A. Designation of defendant; amendment procedure. (a) A party\nwho is ignorant, in whole or in part, of the true name of a person,\npartnership, firm or corporation which may properly be made a party\ndefendant, may proceed against such defendant in any name used by the\n…

* § 1815. Appearance by non-attorney representatives. The court may\npermit, upon the request of a party, that a non-attorney representative,\nwho is related by consanguinity or affinity to such party, be allowed to\nappear on behalf of such party when the court finds that due t…

* § 1815. Access to daytime pro se part. 1. Senior citizens, disabled\npersons and members of the work force whose normal work schedule\nrequires them to work during evening hours may institute a small claims\naction or proceeding returnable to the daytime pro se part of the cou…

§ 1900. Security for costs. Article 85 of the CPLR, entitled "security\nfor costs", shall apply in this court, except that the minimum\nundertaking of CPLR 8503 shall be $200 rather than the amount therein\nprovided.\n

§ 1901. Amount of costs in an action. (a) Ordinary costs. Except as\nprovided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section, costs awarded in\nan action shall be in the amount of:\n 1. fifty dollars for all proceedings before a notice of trial is\nfiled; plus\n 2. one hundred doll…

§ 1903. Costs; additional provisions. The provisions of CPLR §§ 8101,\n8103, 8104, 8105 and 8106 shall apply in actions and proceedings in this\ncourt.\n

§ 1904. Certain costs added; additional allowance. (a) Certain costs\nadded. Costs on appeal, and those awarded under § 1102 of this act, may\nbe added to the amount of costs otherwise applicable in the action.\n (b) Additional allowance.\n 1. Section 8302 of the CPLR, relating …

§ 1905. No costs on plea of bankruptcy. Where the defendant recovers\njudgment upon the defense of bankruptcy, he shall not be entitled to\ncosts.\n

§ 1906. Costs allowed by court. The court may in its discretion impose\ncosts not exceeding fifty dollars in the following cases:\n (a) Upon granting or denying a motion.\n (b) Upon allowing an amendment of a pleading.\n (c) Upon adjournment of a trial.\n

§ 1906-a. Costs in a summary proceeding. In a summary proceeding to\nrecover possession of real property, petitioner shall be allowed as\ncosts for each necessary respondent served with the notice of petition\nby a person other than a sheriff or marshal, five dollars, and if the…

§ 1907. Taxation of costs and disbursements. Costs, together with fees\npaid to the clerk and the fee for issuing execution to the sheriff or\nmarshal, must be taxed by the clerk forthwith upon rendition of judgment\nand inserted therein. Upon issuing a transcript the clerk shal…

§ 1908. Disbursements allowable. Except where the contrary is\nspecifically provided by law, a party to whom costs are awarded, or a\nprevailing party who has appeared in person, shall be allowed his\nnecessary disbursements as follows:\n (a) All fees paid to the clerk, the sher…

§ 1908-a. Disbursement where service of process by mail is not\nacknowledged. In any action where service of process is made by mail\npursuant to CPLR 312-a, and where the signed acknowledgement of receipt\nis not returned within thirty (30) days after receipt of the documents\n…

§ 1909. Review of taxation. Within ten days the clerk's taxation may\nbe reviewed by the court upon two days' notice. The order must disallow\nany items wrongfully included in the judgment or add any items\nwrongfully omitted therefrom, and direct that any sum so disallowed be\n…

§ 1910. Costs upon appeal. (a) Costs upon an appeal may be awarded by\nthe appellate court in its discretion, and if awarded shall be as\nfollows:\n 1. To the appellant upon reversal, not more than thirty dollars.\n 2. To the respondent upon affirmance, not more than twenty-five…

§ 1911. Fees payable to the clerk. There shall be paid to the clerk\nthe following sums as court fees in an action:\n (a) Upon issuance of a summons, order of arrest or attachment, or\nrequisition or warrant of seizure by the clerk, together with copies\nthereof, forty-five doll…

§ 1912. Actions in which no fees to be charged; employees; state or\ncity actions. (a) Employee's action. When the action is brought by an\nemployee against an employer for services performed by such employee,\nthe clerk shall not demand or receive any fees whatsoever from the\n…

§ 1913. Witnesses' fees. Witnesses in an action or a special\nproceeding or before a commissioner or judge of this court taking a\ndeposition, are entitled to the same fees, including mileage, as a\nwitness in an action in the supreme court.\n

§ 1914. Stenographer's fees. In all cases of appeal from an order or\njudgment, where a transcript of the stenographer's minutes or mechanical\nrecord of the testimony given on trial or hearing becomes a necessary\npart of the return on appeal, the stenographer's fees for making…

§ 1915. Fees of sheriff and marshal. In performing a function within\ntheir respective jurisdiction and powers as elsewhere provided in this\nact, the sheriff of the city of New York and the city marshals shall be\nallowed and paid the same fees to which a sheriff would be entit…

§ 201. Jurisdiction; in general. The court shall have jurisdiction as\nset forth in this article and as elsewhere provided by law. The phrase\n"$50,000", whenever it appears herein, shall be taken to mean "$50,000\nexclusive of interest and costs".\n