Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, to be used in a civil action in New York in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5162
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 23, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 380 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
3 Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement. [(a) The statement of an
4 attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the state, or of a physi-
5 cian, osteopath or dentist, authorized by law to practice in the state,
6 who is not a party to an action, when subscribed and affirmed by him to
7 be true under the penalties of perjury, may be served or filed in the
8 action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
9 (b)] The statement of any person[, when that person is physically
10 located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto
11 Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular
12 possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States] wherever
13 made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penal-
14 ties of perjury, may be used in an action in New York in lieu of and
15 with the same force and effect as an affidavit. Such affirmation shall
16 be in substantially the following form:
17 I affirm this ___ day of ______, ____, under the penalties of perjury
18 under the laws of New York, which may include a fine or imprisonment,
19 that [I am physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the
20 United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
21 territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
22 United States, that] the foregoing is true, and I understand that this
23 document may be filed in an action or proceeding in a court of law.
24 (Signature)
25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
26 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
27 all actions commenced on or after such effective date and all actions
28 pending on such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09830-01-3
