assembly Bill A3859

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Makes provisions regarding small claims jurisdiction where claimant is a tenant or lessee of real property owned by defendant that is situated within certain limits

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 12, 2016 advanced to third reading cal.587
May 10, 2016 reported
Jan 06, 2016 referred to judiciary
Mar 27, 2015 advanced to third reading cal.142
Mar 24, 2015 reported
Jan 27, 2015 referred to judiciary

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A3859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2801
Law Section:
Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1801 & 1803, UCCA; amd §§1801 & 1803, UDCA; amd §§1801 & 1803, UJCA; amd §§1801 & 1803, NYC Civ Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6011, S4781
2011-2012: A5037, S441
2013-2014: A5351, S3159
2017-2018: A2868, S3316
2019-2020: A1526, S3468
2021-2022: A297, S69

A3859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for small claims jurisdiction where claimant is a tenant or lessee of real property owned by the defendant and such real property is situated within the county, within a district of the court in the county, within the municipality in which the court is located or within the city of New York, as the case may be.

A3859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3859

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, WRIGHT, COLTON, CAHILL --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, GLICK,  HOOPER,  LALOR,
  PERRY, RUSSELL, SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to amend the uniform city court act, the uniform district court
  act, the uniform justice court act and the New York city  civil  court
  act, in relation to obtaining jurisdiction over certain defendants

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 1801 of the uniform city court act, as amended  by
chapter 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
S 1801. Small claims defined.
  The  term  "small  claim"  or "small claims" as used in this act shall
mean and include any cause of action for money only  not  in  excess  of
five  thousand  dollars  exclusive  of interest and costs, or any action
commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration award rendered pursuant
to part 137 of the rules of the chief administrator of  the  courts  (22
NYCRR  Part  137) in which the amount in dispute does not exceed $5,000,
provided that the defendant either resides, or has  an  office  for  the
transaction of business or a regular employment[,] WITHIN THE COUNTY, OR
WHERE  THE  CLAIMANT IS OR WAS A TENANT OR LESSEE OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED
BY THE DEFENDANT AND THE CLAIM RELATES TO SUCH  TENANCY  OR  LEASE,  AND
SUCH REAL PROPERTY IS SITUATED within the county.
  S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1803 of the uniform city court act, as
amended    by  chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, the opening paragraph as
amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 686 of the laws  of  2003,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Small  claims shall be commenced upon the payment by the claimant
of a filing fee of fifteen dollars for claims in the amount of one thou-
sand dollars or less and twenty dollars for claims in the amount of more
than one thousand dollars, without the service of a summons and,  except

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02853-01-5