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N.Y. JUD Law § 486-A

This is the official text of N.Y. JUD Law § 486-A, part of New York’s JUD Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "JUD Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Conviction for felony of person who is an attorney and counselor at law; notice thereof to be given by clerk to appropriate appellate div...

Official statutory text

§ 486-a. Conviction for felony of person who is an attorney and\ncounselor at law; notice thereof to be given by clerk to appropriate\nappellate division of the supreme court. Whenever it appears from the\nrecord that a person who has been convicted of any crime which is a\nfelony, is an attorney and counselor at law of this state, it shall be\nthe duty of the clerk of every court in which such conviction is had to\nascertain:\n (a) the place and date of such person's admission to practice as\nattorney and counselor at law; and\n (b) his last office and residence addresses; and, within five days\nafter the imposition of sentence, to transmit a certified copy of the\njudgment of conviction to the clerk of the appellate division of the\nsupreme court in the judicial department in which such person was\nadmitted to practice. Said copy of the judgment shall set forth, in\naddition to all the facts usually stated therein, the place and the date\nof admission to practice of such convicted attorney and his last office\nand residence addresses.\n

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