Title UCT, Uniform City Court

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

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

§ 1809. Procedures relating to corporations, associations, insurers and assignees. 1. No corporation, except a municipal corporation, public benefit corporation, school district or school district public library wholly or partially within the municipal corporate limit, no partner…

§ 1809-A. Procedures relating to corporations, associations, insurers and assignees. (a) Any corporation, including a municipal corporation or public benefit corporation, partnership, or association, which has its principal office in the state of New York and an assignee of any c…

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

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

§ 1811. Notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims. (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify that a failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one or combination of the following actions: 1. garnishment of wage; 2. garnishm…

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

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

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

§ 1813. Duty to pay judgments. (a) Any person, partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a small claims court for any cause of action arising out of its business activities, shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its true name or in any name in which it conducts bu…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 1903. Costs; additional provisions. The provisions of CPLR §§ 8101, 8103, 8104, 8105 and 8106 shall apply in actions and proceedings in this court.

§ 1904. Certain costs added. Costs on appeal, and those awarded under § 1102 of this act, may be added to the amount of costs otherwise applicable in the action.

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

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

§ 1906-a. Costs in a summary proceeding. In a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, petitioner shall be allowed as costs for each necessary respondent served with the notice of petition by a person other than an enforcement officer, five dollars, and if there…

§ 1907. Taxation of costs and disbursements. Costs, together with fees paid to the clerk and the fee for issuing execution to the enforcement officer, must be taxed by the clerk forthwith upon rendition of judgment and inserted therein. Upon issuing a transcript the clerk shall i…

§ 1908. Disbursements allowable. Except where the contrary is specifically provided by law, a party to whom costs are awarded, or a prevailing party who has appeared in person, shall be allowed his necessary disbursements as follows: (a) All fees paid to the clerk or an enforceme…

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

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

§ 1910. Costs upon appeal.\n (a) Costs upon an appeal may be awarded by the appellate court in its\ndiscretion, and if awarded shall be as follows:\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.\n (a) Fees payable to the clerk. There shall be paid to the clerk the\nfollowing sums as court fees in civil matters and there shall be no\nothers:\n (1) Upon the filing of the first paper in any action or proceeding,\nforty-five dollars, unless there has already be…

§ 1912. Actions in which no fees to be charged; employees. Employee's action. When the action is brought by an employee against an employer for services performed by such employee, the clerk shall not demand or receive any fees whatsoever from the plaintiff or his attorney, if th…

§ 1913. Witnesses' fees.\n Witnesses in an action or a special proceeding or before a\ncommissioner or judge of this court taking a deposition, are entitled to\nthe same fees, including mileage, as a witness in an action in the\nsupreme court.\n

§ 2001. Criminal jurisdiction; procedures. (1) The court shall have such jurisdiction of criminal matters as is prescribed by the criminal procedure law. (2) Unless otherwise specifically prescribed, the practice and procedure in the court shall be governed by the criminal proced…

§ 2005. Further powers of judges; process and mandates. The judges of the court shall have the power and jurisdiction to send processes and other mandates in any matter of which they have jurisdiction into any part of the county or any adjoining county, for service or execution, …

§ 2009. Judge before whom defendant arraigned or tried. An accused person need not be arraigned or tried before the judge signing or issuing the summons or warrant, but may be arraigned or tried before any judge of the court; provided, however, that whenever trial has been commen…

§ 201. Jurisdiction; in general. The court shall have jurisdiction as set forth in this article and as elsewhere provided by law. Whenever a sum of money is set forth in this article, or reference is made in this article to a sum, it shall be construed as such sum exclusive of in…

§ 2012. Drawing of jurors. Jurors may be drawn and summoned in the manner provided by rules of the appellate division of the department in which the court is located. Jurors drawn for civil actions pursuant to this act may also be used in the trial of criminal cases.

§ 2013. Jury trial; submission to jury. Whenever a case is submitted to the jury, the jury shall be placed in charge of any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer designated by the court.

§ 2014. Impanelment and fees of jurors. The system for impaneling, and the fees of, trial jurors shall be as provided by law for the particular court or, in the absence of such governing provisions, as provided for the supreme court of the county in which the court sits. No fee s…

§ 2015. Correction of technical errors. Technical errors in the commitment of any accused person may be corrected by the judge at any time after the commitment is signed. The judge may alter or modify a sentence or correct any technical error in the record not affecting the subst…

§ 2019. Records. All judges of the court shall keep or cause to be kept legible and suitable records and dockets of all criminal actions and proceedings separate and apart from the records and dockets of civil actions and proceedings kept by them or by clerks of their respective …

§ 202. Money actions and actions involving chattels. The court shall have jurisdiction of actions and proceedings for the recovery of money, actions and proceedings for the recovery of chattels and actions and proceedings for the foreclosure of liens on personal property where th…

§ 2020. Disposition of fines and penalties. All fines and penalties collected by the court shall be paid over to the persons or agencies entitled to the same pursuant to law.

§ 203. Actions involving real property. (a) The court shall have jurisdiction of the following actions provided that the real property involved is located in whole or in part within the city: (1) An action for the establishment of a mechanic's lien on real property to recover a p…

§ 204. Summary proceedings. The court shall have jurisdiction of summary proceedings to recover possession of real property located in whole or in part within the city, to remove tenants therefrom, and to render judgment for rent due without regard to amount. Except as otherwise …

§ 205. Interpleader. The court shall have jurisdiction of an action of interpleader as and defensive interpleader as defined and governed by the CPLR, provided that the amount in controversy or the value of the property does not exceed the sum referred to in § 202.

§ 206. Arbitration. (a) Threshold questions under article seventy-five of the civil practice law and rules. If an action of which the court has jurisdiction has been duly commenced therein, and there arise in such action any questions relating to the arbitrability of the controve…

§ 207. Small claims. The court shall have jurisdiction of small claims as defined in article 18 of this act.

§ 208. Counterclaims. The court shall have jurisdiction of counterclaims as follows: (a) Of any counterclaim the subject matter of which would be within the jurisdiction of the court if sued upon separately. (b) Of any counterclaim for money only, without regard to amount. (c) Of…

§ 209. Provisional remedies. (a) Attachment, arrest, seizure of chattel. An order of attachment or of arrest, a warrant to seize a chattel as provided in § 207 of the lien law, and an order of seizure of a chattel may issue out of this court if such remedy might issue out of supr…

§ 210. Contempt. All of the provisions of law governing civil and criminal contempts in like instances in supreme court shall apply in this court, except that this court shall have no power to punish for contempt a judge or justice of any court.

§ 2101. Definitions; construction of act. The following words used in this act shall have the meaning defined in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the judicial conference of the state. (b) "Admin…