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Assembly Bill A5871

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain civil court documents to be provided to parties in their native language

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2021-A5871 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3338
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:
Add §2105, NYC Civ Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7847
2017-2018: A2891
2019-2020: A2153, S1952
2023-2024: A806, A9151, S968
2025-2026: A3239, S338

2021-A5871 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain civil court documents to be provided to parties in their native language and requiring parties to demonstrate their understanding of the nature and effect of such documents.

2021-A5871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5871
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JOYNER, SIMON, COOK -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York  city  civil  court  act,  in  relation  to
   requiring  certain  civil court documents to be provided to parties in
   their native language
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  New York city civil court act is amended by adding a
 new section 2105 to read as follows:
   §  2105.  LANGUAGES  IN  WHICH  CERTAIN  COURT  DOCUMENTS  ARE  TO  BE
 FURNISHED.  (A)  COURT  DOCUMENTS  PROVIDED  TO  PARTIES INCLUDING COURT
 ORDERS AND ANY OTHER COURT DOCUMENTS WHICH INCLUDE STIPULATIONS  DIRECT-
 ING  ACTION  TO  BE TAKEN OR FORBORNE BY EITHER OF SUCH PARTIES SHALL BE
 PROVIDED TO SUCH PARTIES IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, PROVIDED THEY ARE NOT
 FLUENT IN ENGLISH; AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH NATIVE  LANGUAGE  IS
 ONE  OF  THE SIX MOST PREVALENT LANGUAGES, OTHER THAN ENGLISH, SPOKEN IN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   (B) THE PERSON WHO DRAFTS SUCH A COURT DOCUMENT IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE
 OF A PARTY, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 THE  COURT WITH A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN THE NATIVE
 LANGUAGE, AND SHALL CERTIFY UNDER OATH THAT THE DOCUMENT IN  THE  NATIVE
 LANGUAGE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE SAME DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.
   (C)  ALL  PARTIES SHALL DEMONSTRATE, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT,
 THEIR COMPREHENSION OF THE NATURE AND EFFECT OF EACH SUCH COURT ORDER OR
 STIPULATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03612-01-1

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