CPLR, Civil Practice Law and Rule, is the most important law you need to know to pursue your legal action on your own in New York. If you are not an attorney, you must be familiar with this set of laws.
The first 54 articles are view-able already.
NEW YORK CONSOLIDATED LAWS,
CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES – CPLR
Type of CPLR codes governing legal actions in the courts of New York, divided by subject:
Article 12. Infants, Incompetents and Conservatees
Article 13. Actions by the State
Article 13-A. Proceeds of A Crime–Forfeiture
Article 13-B. Civil Remedies; Enterprise Corruption
Article 14-A. Damage Actions: Effect of Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk
Article 50. Judgments Generally
Article 50-A. Periodic Payment of Judgments in Medical and Dental Malpractice Actions
Article 51. Enforcement of Judgments and Orders Generally
Article 52. Enforcement of Money Judgments
Article 53. Recognition of Foreign Country Money Judgments Summary of Article
Article 54. Enforcement of Judgments Entitled to Full Faith and Credit Summary of Article
Article 55. Appeals Generally
Article 56. Appeals to the Court of Appeals
Article 57. Appeals to the Appellate Division
Article 60. Provisional Remedies Generally
Article 62. Attachment
Article 63. Injunction
Article 64. Receivership
Article 65. Notice of Pendency
Article 70. Habeas Corpus
Article 71. Recovery of Chattel
Article 72. Recovery of Penalty or Forfeiture
Article 75. Arbitration
Article 75-A. Health Care Arbitration
Article 76. Proceeding to Enforce Agreement for Determination of Issue
Article 77. Proceeding Relating to Express Trust
Article 78. Proceeding Against Body or Officer
Article 80. Fees
Article 81. Costs Generally
Article 82. Amount of Costs
Article 83. Disbursements and Additional Allowances
Article 84. Taxation of Costs
Article 85. Security for Costs
Article 86. Counsel Fees and Expenses in Certain Actions Against the State
Article 90. Failure or Adjournment of Term of Court
Article 94. Admission to Practice
Article 97. Records of Clerks of the Courts
Article 98. Actions Against Villages
Article 100. Repeal; Saving Clauses; Effective Date
In terms of edition, the first 27 articles are 2019 edition and the rest will be 2020 edition. Later in 2020 the first 27 articles will be reviewed for 2020 updates, if any.
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