STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
8195
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 20, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- (at request of the Unified Court
System) -- 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 an
affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended
2 by chapter 559 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
3 Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement. (a) The statement of any
4 person wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true
5 under the penalties of perjury, other than in a deposition, or an oath
6 of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified person
7 other than a notary, may be used in an action in New York in lieu of and
8 with the same force and effect as an affidavit, a certificate, a
9 response to a notice to admit, an answer to interrogatories, a verifica-
10 tion of a pleading, a bill of particulars and any other sworn statement.
11 Such affirmation shall be in substantially the following form:
12 I affirm this ___ day of ______, ____, under the penalties of perjury
13 under the laws of New York, which may include a fine or imprisonment,
14 that the foregoing is true, except as to matters alleged on information
15 and belief and as to those matters I believe it to be true, and I under-
16 stand that this document may be filed in an action or proceeding in a
17 court of law.
18 (Signature)
19 (b) Nothing in this rule shall be construed to eliminate any require-
20 ment under the domestic relations law that matrimonial agreements must
21 be acknowledged in the form of deed.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07919-02-5
