S 7468: Allows for the issuance of information subpoenas on behalf of small claims judgment creditors to be effective anywhere in the state.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7468 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 17, 2025 ___________ 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 New York city civil court act, the uniform city court act, the uniform district court act and the uniform justice court act, in relation to expanding the available jurisdiction for issuing information subpoenas The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the New York city civil 2 court act, as amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 1992, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and 5 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue 6 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and 7 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. 8 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall 9 issue such information subpoenas to be served outside the city of New 10 York and outside a county adjoining such city upon request. The court 11 shall have the same power as the supreme court to punish a contempt of 12 court committed with respect to an information subpoena. 13 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the uniform city court act, as 14 amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and 17 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue 18 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and 19 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. 20 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall 21 issue such information subpoenas to be served outside the county upon 22 request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08371-01-5 
 S. 7468 2 1 punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information 2 subpoena. 3 § 3. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the uniform district court 4 act, as amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and 7 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue 8 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and 9 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. 10 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall 11 issue such information subpoenas to be served outside the county, 12 outside a county adjoining such county and outside the city of New York 13 upon request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court 14 to punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information 15 subpoena. 16 § 4. Subdivision (d) of section 1812 of the uniform justice court act, 17 as amended by chapter 650 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and 20 remains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue 21 information subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and 22 provide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. 23 Notwithstanding section twelve hundred one of this act, the court shall 24 issue such information subpoenas to be served outside the county upon 25 request. The court shall have the same power as the supreme court to 26 punish a contempt of court committed with respect to an information 27 subpoena. 28 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 29 have become a law.