STATE OF NEW YORK
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, the uniform district
court act, the uniform city court act, and the uniform justice court
act, in relation to civil jurisdictional limits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1801 of the New York city civil court act, as
2 amended by chapter 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 1801. Small claims defined. The term "small claim" or "small claims"
5 as used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money
6 only not in excess of [five] ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest
7 and costs, or any action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbi-
8 tration award rendered pursuant to part 137 of the rules of the chief
9 administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the amount in
10 dispute does not exceed [five] ten thousand dollars, provided that the
11 defendant either resides, or has an office for the transaction of busi-
12 ness or a regular employment, within the city of New York.
13 § 2. Section 1801 of the uniform district court act, as amended by
14 chapter 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
15 § 1801. Small claims defined.
16 The term "small claim" or "small claims" as used in this act shall
17 mean and include any cause of action for money only not in excess of
18 [five] ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any
19 action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration award rendered
20 pursuant to part one hundred thirty-seven of the rules of the chief
21 administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the amount in
22 dispute does not exceed [five] ten thousand dollars, provided that the
23 defendant either resides, or has an office for the transaction of busi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ness or a regular employment, within a district of the court in the
2 county.
3 § 3. Section 1801 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter
4 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 1801. Small claims defined.
6 The term "small claim" or "small claims" as used in this act shall
7 mean and include any cause of action for money only not in excess of
8 [five] ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, or any
9 action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration award rendered
10 pursuant to part 137 of the rules of the chief administrator of the
11 courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the amount in dispute does not
12 exceed [$5,000,] ten thousand dollars provided that the defendant either
13 resides, or has an office for the transaction of business or a regular
14 employment, within the county.
15 § 4. Section 1801 of the uniform justice court act, as amended by
16 chapter 76 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
17 § 1801. Small claims defined.
18 The term "small claim" or "small claims" as used in this act shall
19 mean and include any cause of action for money only not in excess of
20 [three] ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, provided
21 that the defendant either resides, or has an office for the transaction
22 of business or a regular employment, within the municipality where the
23 court is located. However, where a judge of the county court, pursuant
24 to subdivision (g) of section three hundred twenty-five of the civil
25 practice law and rules, transfers a small claim from the town or village
26 court having jurisdiction over the matter to another town or village
27 court within the same county, the court to which it is transferred shall
28 have jurisdiction to determine the claim.
29 § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
30 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
31 actions or proceedings filed on or after such date.