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N.Y. CVP Law § 4541

This is the official text of N.Y. CVP Law § 4541, part of New York’s CVP Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "CVP Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Proof of proceedings before justice of the peace

Official statutory text

Rule 4541. Proof of proceedings before justice of the peace. (a) Of\nthe state. A transcript from the docket-book of a justice of the peace\nof the state, subscribed by him, and authenticated by a certificate\nsigned by the clerk of the county in which the justice resides, with the\ncounty seal affixed, to the effect that the person subscribing the\ntranscript is a justice of the peace of that county, is prima facie\nevidence of any matter stated in the transcript which is required by law\nto be entered by the justice in his docket-book.\n (b) Of another state. A transcript from the docket-book of a justice\nof the peace of another state, of his minutes of the proceedings in a\ncause, of a judgment rendered by him, of an execution issued thereon or\nof the return of an execution, when subscribed by him, and authenticated\nas prescribed in this subdivision is prima facie evidence of his\njurisdiction in the cause and of the matters shown by the transcript.\nThe transcript shall be authenticated by a certificate of the justice to\nthe effect that it is in all respects correct and that he had\njurisdiction of the cause; and also by a certificate of the clerk or\nprothonotary of the county in which the justice resides, with his\nofficial seal affixed, to the effect that the person subscribing the\ncertificate attached to the transcript is a justice of the peace of that\ncounty.\n

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