N.Y. JUD Law § 437
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Duty of state reporter on expiration of term
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§ 437. Duty of state reporter on expiration of term. The state\nreporter must, on the appointment of his successor, deliver to him all\npapers in his hands, pertaining to a cause which he has not reported, or\nwhich are not necessary to be retained by him to complete the\npublication of a volume which is then partly printed. After the\nexpiration of his term of office he shall not deliver a paper specified\nin this section, or a copy thereof, to any person other than his\nsuccessor in office, or the publisher of a partly printed volume; except\nthat a copy of such a paper may be furnished by him, during a vacancy in\nthe office, to a judge of the court, or to the attorney for a party to\nthe cause to which it relates.\n
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