Ny Law References Codearranger

---
name: ny-law-references-codearranger
title: New York Law References
description: Matter-neutral reference catalog for New York civil practice. Triggers include 'CPLR rule', 'CPLR section', 'New York civil rules', 'Guide to NY Evidence', 'NY evidence rules', '22 NYCRR', 'Uniform Civil Rules', 'New York Law Reports Style Manual', 'Tanbook citation', 'New York court system structure', 'NY court rules', 'find a CPLR cite', 'Bill McKinney Consolidated Laws', 'where do I find NY statutes'. Indexes the CPLR (Civil Practice Law and Rules), the Guide to NY Evidence (in lieu of a codified evidence code), the Uniform Civil Rules at 22 NYCRR (Parts 202, 208, 210, 212), the New York Law Reports Style Manual (Tanbook), fees and costs (CPLR Art 81–84 / 88 / 89), local rules for the flagship courts, online sources, and a key-cases reference. **Canonical reference corpora live in this skill's references/ directory.**
author: codearranger
author_url: https://github.com/codearranger/claude-legal/tree/main/plugins/ny-court-docs/skills/ny-law-references
license: MIT
version: 0.1.0
execution_mode: open
jurisdiction: us
practice: litigation
language: en
sources:
- title: Nyc Civilcourt Lr
  path: references/court-rules/NYC-CivilCourt-LR.md
- title: Nassau Dc Lr
  path: references/court-rules/Nassau-DC-LR.md
- title: Part 100 Judicial Conduct
  path: references/court-rules/Part-100-Judicial-Conduct.md
- title: Part 104 Records Retention
  path: references/court-rules/Part-104-Records-Retention.md
- title: Part 1200 Professional Conduct
  path: references/court-rules/Part-1200-Professional-Conduct.md
- title: Part 125 Engagement Counsel
  path: references/court-rules/Part-125-Engagement-Counsel.md
- title: Part 130 Costs Sanctions
  path: references/court-rules/Part-130-Costs-Sanctions.md
- title: Part 202 Supreme County
  path: references/court-rules/Part-202-Supreme-County.md
- title: Part 205 Family
  path: references/court-rules/Part-205-Family.md
- title: Part 206 Court Claims
  path: references/court-rules/Part-206-Court-Claims.md
- title: Part 207 Surrogates
  path: references/court-rules/Part-207-Surrogates.md
- title: Part 208 Nyc Civil
  path: references/court-rules/Part-208-NYC-Civil.md
- title: Part 210 City Courts
  path: references/court-rules/Part-210-City-Courts.md
- title: Part 212 District Courts
  path: references/court-rules/Part-212-District-Courts.md
- title: Part 214 Justice Courts
  path: references/court-rules/Part-214-Justice-Courts.md
- title: Part 216 Sealing
  path: references/court-rules/Part-216-Sealing.md
- title: Part 220 Jury Selection
  path: references/court-rules/Part-220-Jury-Selection.md
- title: Part 221 Depositions
  path: references/court-rules/Part-221-Depositions.md
- title: Readme
  path: references/court-rules/README.md
- title: Suffolk Dc Lr
  path: references/court-rules/Suffolk-DC-LR.md
- title: Tanbook
  path: references/court-rules/Tanbook.md
- title: Bnk Article 12 D Mortgage Bankers
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/BNK-Article-12-D-Mortgage-Bankers.md
- title: Bnk Article 12 E Mortgage Lo
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/BNK-Article-12-E-Mortgage-LO.md
- title: Bnk Article 14 A Student Loan
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/BNK-Article-14-A-Student-Loan.md
- title: Cvp Article 1
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-1.md
- title: Cvp Article 2 Limitations
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-2-Limitations.md
- title: Cvp Article 21 Papers
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-21-Papers.md
- title: Cvp Article 22 Stays
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-22-Stays.md
- title: Cvp Article 23 Subpoenas
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-23-Subpoenas.md
- title: Cvp Article 3 Jurisdiction
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-3-Jurisdiction.md
- title: Cvp Article 30 Pleadings
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-30-Pleadings.md
- title: Cvp Article 31 Disclosure
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-31-Disclosure.md
- title: Cvp Article 32 Accelerated
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-32-Accelerated.md
- title: Cvp Article 40 Trial
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-40-Trial.md
- title: Cvp Article 45 Evidence
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-45-Evidence.md
- title: Cvp Article 50 Judgments
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-50-Judgments.md
- title: Cvp Article 51 Enforcement
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-51-Enforcement.md
- title: Cvp Article 52 Money Judgments
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-52-Money-Judgments.md
- title: Cvp Article 53 Foreign
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/CVP-Article-53-Foreign.md
- title: Dom Article 10 Divorce
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/DOM-Article-10-Divorce.md
- title: Dom Article 13 Matrimonial
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/DOM-Article-13-Matrimonial.md
- title: Dom Article 9 Annulment
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/DOM-Article-9-Annulment.md
- title: Ept Article 5 Family Rights
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/EPT-Article-5-Family-Rights.md
- title: Fct Article 4 Child Support
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/FCT-Article-4-Child-Support.md
- title: Fct Article 5 B Uifsa
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/FCT-Article-5-B-UIFSA.md
- title: Gbs Article 22 A Deceptive
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/GBS-Article-22-A-Deceptive.md
- title: Gbs Article 29 H Debt Collection
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/GBS-Article-29-H-Debt-Collection.md
- title: Gcn General Construction Holidays
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/GCN-General-Construction-Holidays.md
- title: Gob Article 17 Revival
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/GOB-Article-17-Revival.md
- title: Gob Article 5 Contracts
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/GOB-Article-5-Contracts.md
- title: Readme
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/README.md
- title: Rpa Article 13 Foreclosure
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/RPA-Article-13-Foreclosure.md
- title: Rpa Article 7 Summary Proceedings
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/RPA-Article-7-Summary-Proceedings.md
- title: Rpp Article 6 A Good Cause Eviction
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/RPP-Article-6-A-Good-Cause-Eviction.md
- title: Rpp Article 7 Landlord Tenant
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/RPP-Article-7-Landlord-Tenant.md
- title: Ucc Article 2 Sales
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/UCC-Article-2-Sales.md
- title: Ucc Article 3 Commercial Paper
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/UCC-Article-3-Commercial-Paper.md
- title: Ucc Article 9 Secured
  path: references/ny-statutes-debt/UCC-Article-9-Secured.md
---

# New York Law References

> **NOT LEGAL ADVICE.** Reference catalog. Verify against
> current rules before relying.

## What lives here

This is the **canonical reference catalog** for New York
civil practice. Other `ny-*` skills cross-reference these
files rather than duplicating the content.

### Body files (state-curated)

- `references/civil-rules.md` — CPLR Article-by-Article
  summary (Articles 1–88)
- `references/evidence-rules.md` — Guide to NY Evidence
  topic index + selected CPLR Article 45 / 31 evidence
  provisions
- `references/uniform-civil-rules.md` — 22 NYCRR Part 202
  (Supreme/County), Part 208 (Civil Court of NYC), Part 210
  (City Courts), Part 212 (District Court)
- `references/citation-format.md` — Tanbook conventions
- `references/fees-and-costs.md` — CPLR Arts 81–89 fee
  shifting
- `references/local-rules.md` — flagship-court Part Rules
  and the Commercial Division Rules (22 NYCRR § 202.70)
- `references/key-cases.md` — general-civil controlling
  precedents
- `references/online-sources.md` — canonical URLs catalog
- `references/legal-data-apis.md` — programmatic-access index

### Reference corpora (verbatim text — populated by future
pull scripts)

- `references/court-rules/` — 22 NYCRR (Uniform Rules) +
  CPLR text + Commercial Division Rules
- `references/federal-debt-laws/` *(symlink)* — points into
  the shared `claude-legal-federal-laws` plugin
- `references/ucc-model/` *(symlink)* — points into the
  shared plugin
- `references/ny-statutes-debt/` — N.Y. CPLR, N.Y. Gen. Bus.
  Law, N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law, N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law, N.Y.
  Real Prop. Law, N.Y. Banking Law, N.Y. UCC (Article 9
  enacted at N.Y. UCC §§ 9-101 to 9-809) — relevant chapters

## CPLR at a glance

The **Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR)** is New York's
master civil-procedure statute. Notable architecture:

| Article | Subject |
|---------|---------|
| 1 | Short title; application |
| 2 | Limitations of time |
| 3 | Jurisdiction and service, appearance and choice of court |
| 4 | Special proceedings |
| 5 | Venue |
| 6 | Joinder of claims, consolidation and severance |
| 7 | Parties generally |
| 8 | Costs |
| 9 | Class actions |
| 10 | Parties generally — substitution |
| 21 | Papers |
| 22 | Stays, motions, orders and mandates |
| 23 | Subpoenas, oaths and affirmations |
| 30 | Remedies and pleading |
| 31 | Disclosure |
| 32 | Accelerated judgment |
| 40 | Trial generally |
| 41 | Trial by a jury |
| 42 | Trial by the court |
| 43 | Trial by referee |
| 44 | Trial motions |
| 45 | Evidence |
| 50 | Judgments generally |
| 51 | Enforcement of judgments |
| 52 | Enforcement of money judgments |
| 53 | Recognition of foreign country money judgments |
| 54 | Enforcement of judgments entitled to full faith and credit |
| 55 | Appeals generally |
| 56 | Appeals to the court of appeals |
| 57 | Appeals to the appellate division |
| 58 | Appellate division terms |
| 62 | Attachment |
| 63 | Injunction |
| 64 | Receivership |
| 65 | Notice of pendency |
| 70 | Habeas corpus |
| 71 | Action to recover a chattel |
| 72 | Action concerning a will |
| 75 | Arbitration |
| 76 | Special proceeding to enforce statutory right |
| 77 | Special proceeding relating to express trust |
| 78 | Proceeding against body or officer |
| 81 | Costs generally |
| 82 | Amount of costs |
| 83 | Allowance of costs |
| 84 | Taxation of costs |
| 85 | Indemnity for costs |
| 86 | Disbursements |
| 87 | Security for costs |
| 88 | Fees |
| 89 | Poor persons |

## Evidence — Guide to NY Evidence

New York does **not** have a codified evidence code. Instead,
evidence rules live across:

1. **Common-law decisional rules** — extensive case law
   ("Stigemeier" hearsay rules, "Holiday" past-recollection-
   recorded, etc.)
2. **CPLR Article 45** — selected codified evidence
   provisions (4504 physician-patient privilege, 4518
   business records, 4521 government records, 4533
   authentication of writings, 4544 small-print contracts,
   4545 collateral source)
3. **Guide to NY Evidence** — non-codified but authoritative
   secondary source published by the NY Unified Court
   System Evidence Guide Committee, available at
   nycourts.gov/judges/evidence

The Guide is organized in eleven articles mirroring the
Federal Rules of Evidence numbering:

- Art 1: General Provisions (1.00–1.13)
- Art 2: Judicial Notice (2.00–2.05)
- Art 3: Presumptions
- Art 4: Relevance and Limits (4.00–4.27)
- Art 5: Privileges
- Art 6: Witnesses
- Art 7: Opinions and Expert Testimony
- Art 8: Hearsay
- Art 9: Authentication and Identification
- Art 10: Best Evidence Rule
- Art 11: Miscellaneous

## Citation format — Tanbook quick reference

- **Court of Appeals**: `Roe v. Doe, 1 NY3d 100, 105 (2003)`
- **Appellate Division**: `Smith v. Jones, 50 AD3d 200,
  201 (1st Dept 2008)`
- **Misc. Reports (trial level)**: `Roe v. Doe, 15 Misc 3d
  100 (Sup Ct, NY County 2007)`
- **Reporter abbreviations**: no periods (NY, NYS, AD, Misc)
- **Statutes**: `CPLR 3211(a)(7)` — no "N.Y." prefix; in
  body text use the section number only
- **Session laws**: `L 2021, ch 593`
- **Pinpoint cite**: `at 105` (no "p.")

## Composition with other ny- skills

This skill is matter-neutral and **referenced by all other
ny-* skills**. When a downstream skill needs the
authoritative text of a CPLR section, an evidence rule, a
22 NYCRR provision, or a Tanbook convention, it cites or
links into this skill's `references/` tree.