STATE OF NEW YORK
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5799
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 1, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the
failure to provide notice of a default judgment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (g) of section 3215 of the civil
2 practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 100 of the laws of 1994,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Except as otherwise provided with respect to specific actions,
5 whenever application is made to the court or to the clerk, any defendant
6 who has appeared is entitled to at least five days' notice of the time
7 and place of the application, and if more than one year has elapsed
8 since the default any defendant who has not appeared is entitled to the
9 same notice unless the court orders otherwise. The court may dispense
10 with the requirement of notice when a defendant who has appeared has
11 failed to proceed to trial of an action reached and called for trial.
12 When such notice is required but not given and judgment is entered, an
13 application to vacate the judgment brought by the party entitled to
14 receive notice shall be granted, provided such party acted within one
15 hundred twenty days after having obtained knowledge of entry of the
16 judgment.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
18 application made on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10417-02-7
