STATE OF NEW YORK
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10287
IN SENATE
May 11, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, the uniform city
court act, the uniform district court act and the uniform justice
court act, in relation to expanding the available jurisdiction for
issuing information subpoenas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the New York city civil
2 court act, as amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 1992, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and
5 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue
6 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and
7 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use.
8 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall
9 issue such information subpoenas to be served anywhere in the state upon
10 request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court to
11 punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information
12 subpoena.
13 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the uniform city court act, as
14 amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
15 follows:
16 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and
17 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue
18 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and
19 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use.
20 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall
21 issue such information subpoenas to be served anywhere in the state upon
22 request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court to
23 punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information
24 subpoena.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the uniform district court
2 act, as amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and
5 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue
6 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and
7 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use.
8 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall
9 issue such information subpoenas to be served anywhere in the state upon
10 request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court to
11 punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information
12 subpoena.
13 § 4. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the uniform justice court act,
14 as amended by chapter 650 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
15 follows:
16 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and
17 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue
18 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and
19 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use.
20 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall
21 issue such information subpoenas to be served anywhere in the state upon
22 request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court to
23 punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information
24 subpoena.
25 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
26 have become a law.
