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NY CPLR § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 1 - Short Title; Applicability and Definitions 101 - Short Title; Application.

§  101.  Short  title; application. This chapter shall be known as the   civil practice law and rules, and may be  cited  as  "CPLR".  The  civil   practice  law  and  rules  shall  govern the procedure in civil judicial   proceedings in all courts of the state and  before  all  judges,  except   where  the  procedure  is  regulated  by inconsistent statute. The civil   practice law and rules shall succeed the civil practice act and rules of   civil practice and shall be deemed substituted therefor  throughout  the   statutes  and  rules of the state. Reference to a provision in the civil   practice law and rules may, except when such provision is being  enacted   or amended, be made without indicating whether it is a rule or section.
NY CPLR § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 1 - Short Title; Applicability and Definitions 102 - Amendment, Rescission or Adoption of Rules.

§  102. Amendment, rescission or adoption of rules. The civil practice   rules are herein designated "rule". Any rule  in  this  chapter  may  be   amended,  or  rescinded,  or  additional  civil  practice  rules  may be   adopted,  not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution,  by  act  of   the   legislature.  No  rule so amended, rescinded or adopted shall abridge or   enlarge the substantive rights of any party.
NY CPLR § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 1 - Short Title; Applicability and Definitions 103 - Form of Civil Judicial Proceedings.

§  103.  Form  of  civil judicial proceedings. (a) One form of action. There is only one form of civil action. The distinctions between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of those  actions  and  suits, have been abolished.  (b) Action or special proceeding. All civil judicial proceedings shall be  prosecuted in the form of an action, except where prosecution in the form of a special  proceeding  is  authorized.  Except  where  otherwise prescribed by law, procedure in special proceedings shall be the same as in  actions,  and  the  provisions  of  the civil practice law and rules applicable to actions shall be applicable to special proceedings.  (c) Improper form. If a  court  has  obtained  jurisdiction  over  the parties,  a  civil  judicial  proceeding  shall  not be dismissed solely because it is not brought in the proper form, but the court  shall  make whatever  order  is  required  for  its proper prosecution. If the court finds it appropriate in the interests  of  justice,  it  may  convert  a motion  into a special proceeding, or vice-versa, upon such terms as may be just, including the payment of fees and costs.
NY CPLR § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 1 - Short Title; Applicability and Definitions 104 - Construction.

§  104.  Construction.  The  civil  practice  law  and  rules shall be   liberally  construed  to  secure  the  just,  speedy   and   inexpensive   determination of every civil judicial proceeding.
NY CPLR § 106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 1 - Short Title; Applicability and Definitions 106 - Civil and Criminal Prosecutions Not Merged.

§ 106. Civil and criminal prosecutions not merged. Where the violation   of  a  right admits of both a civil and criminal prosecution, the one is   not merged in the other.
NY CPLR § 107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 1 - Short Title; Applicability and Definitions 107 - Appendix of Official Forms.

§  107. Appendix of official forms. The state administrator shall have   the power to adopt, amend  and  rescind  an  appendix  of  forms.  Forms   adopted  pursuant  to  this  section shall be sufficient under the civil   practice law and rules and shall illustrate the simplicity  and  brevity   of statement which the civil practice law and rules contemplate.
NY CPLR § 201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 201 - Application of Article.

§ 201. Application of article. An action, including one brought in the   name  or for the benefit of the state, must be commenced within the time   specified in this article unless a different time is prescribed  by  law   or  a  shorter  time  is prescribed by written agreement. No court shall   extend the time limited by law for the commencement of an action.
NY CPLR § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 202 - Cause of Action Accruing Without the State.

§  202.  Cause  of  action accruing without the state. An action based   upon a cause of action accruing without the state  cannot  be  commenced   after the expiration of the time limited by the laws of either the state   or the place without the state where the cause of action accrued, except   that  where  the  cause  of action accrued in favor of a resident of the   state the time limited by the laws of the state shall apply.
NY CPLR § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 204 - Stay of Commencement of Action; Demand for Arbitration.

§  204.  Stay  of commencement of action; demand for arbitration.  (a) Stay. Where the commencement of an action has been stayed by a court  or by  statutory prohibition, the duration of the stay is not a part of the time within which the action must be commenced.  (b) Arbitration. Where it shall have been determined that a  party  is not  obligated  to submit a claim to arbitration, the time which elapsed between the demand for arbitration  and  the  final  determination  that there  is  no  obligation  to arbitrate is not a part of the time within which an action upon such claim must be commenced. The time within which the action must be commenced shall not be  extended  by  this  provision beyond one year after such final determination.
NY CPLR § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 205 - Termination of Action.

§  205.  Termination  of  action.  (a)  New action by plaintiff. If an action is timely commenced and is terminated in any other manner than by a voluntary discontinuance, a failure to  obtain  personal  jurisdiction over  the  defendant,  a  dismissal  of  the  complaint  for  neglect to prosecute  the  action,  or  a  final  judgment  upon  the  merits,  the plaintiff,  or, if the plaintiff dies, and the cause of action survives, his or her executor or administrator, may commence a new action upon the same transaction or occurrence or series of transactions or  occurrences within  six  months  after  the termination provided that the new action would have been timely commenced at the  time  of  commencement  of  the prior  action  and  that  service upon defendant is effected within such six-month period.  Where a dismissal is one for neglect to prosecute the action made pursuant to rule thirty-two hundred sixteen of this  chapter or  otherwise,  the  judge  shall  set  forth on the record the specific conduct constituting the neglect,  which  conduct  shall  demonstrate  a general pattern of delay in proceeding with the litigation.  (b)  Defense or counterclaim. Where the defendant has served an answer and the action is terminated in any manner, and a new  action  upon  the same  transaction or occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences is commenced  by  the  plaintiff  or  his  successor  in  interest,  the assertion  of any cause of action or defense by the defendant in the new action shall be timely if it was timely asserted in the prior action.  (c) Application. This section also applies  to  a  proceeding  brought under the workers' compensation law.
NY CPLR § 206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 206 - Computing Periods of Limitation in Particular Actions.

§  206.  Computing  periods  of limitation in particular actions.  (a) Where demand necessary. Except as provided in article 3 of  the  uniform commercial  code,  where  a  demand  is necessary to entitle a person to commence an action, the time within which the action must  be  commenced shall  be  computed  from  the time when the right to make the demand is complete, except that   1. where a right grows out of the receipt or  detention  of  money  or property  by  a  trustee,  agent,  attorney  or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, the time within which the action must  be  commenced shall be computed from the time when the person having the right to make the demand discovered the facts upon which the right depends; and   2. where there was a deposit of money to be repaid only upon a special demand,   or  a  delivery  of  personal  property  not  to  be  returned specifically or in kind at a fixed time or upon a fixed contingency, the time within which the action must be commenced shall  be  computed  from the demand for repayment or return.  (b)  Based on misconduct of agent. Where a judgment is entered against a principal in an action based upon an injury resulting from the act  or omission  of his deputy or agent, the time within which an action by the principal against the deputy or agent to recover damages  by  reason  of such  judgment  must  be commenced shall be computed, from the time when the action against the principal was finally determined. Where an injury results from the representation by a person that he  is  an  agent  with authority  to  execute  a  contract  in  behalf of a principal, the time within which an action to recover damages  for  breach  of  warranty  of authority  must be commenced by the person injured against the purported agent shall be computed from the time the person injured discovered  the facts constituting lack of authority.  (c) Based on breach of covenant of seizin or against incumbrances.  In an  action  based  upon  breach  of  a  covenant  of  seizin  or against incumbrances, the time within which the action must be  commenced  shall be computed from an eviction.  (d)  Based  on  account.  In  an  action based upon a mutual, open and current account, where there have been reciprocal  demands  between  the parties,  the  time  within  which the action must be commenced shall be computed from the time of the last transaction in the account on  either side.
NY CPLR § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 207 - Defendant's Absence From State or Residence Under False Name.

§  207.  Defendant's absence from state or residence under false name.   If, when a cause of action accrues against a person, he is  without  the   state,  the  time  within  which  the  action must be commenced shall be   computed from the time he comes into or returns to the state. If,  after   a cause of action has accrued against a person, that person departs from   the  state  and remains continuously absent therefrom for four months or   more, or that person resides within the state under a false  name  which   is  unknown  to  the person entitled to commence the action, the time of   his absence or residence within the state under such a false name is not   a part of the time within which the action  must  be  commenced.  If  an   action  is  commenced  against a person described above, the time within   which  service  must  be  made  on  such  person  in   accordance   with   subdivisions  (a) and (b) of section three hundred six-b of this chapter   shall be computed in accordance with this section. This section does not   apply:1. while there is in force a designation,  voluntary  or  involuntary,   made  pursuant  to  law,  of a person to whom a summons may be delivered   within the state with the same effect as if served personally within the   state; or2. while a foreign corporation has  one  or  more  officers  or  other   persons  in  the state on whom a summons against such corporation may be   served; or3. while jurisdiction over the person of the defendant can be obtained   without personal delivery of the summons to  the  defendant  within  the   state.
NY CPLR § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 208 - Infancy, Insanity.

§  208.  Infancy,  insanity.  (a)  If a person entitled to commence an action is under a disability because of infancy or insanity at the  time the  cause  of  action  accrues,  and  the  time  otherwise  limited for commencing the action is three years or more and expires no  later  than three  years  after  the  disability  ceases,  or  the  person under the disability dies, the time within which  the  action  must  be  commenced shall  be  extended  to  three  years after the disability ceases or the person under the disability dies, whichever event first occurs;  if  the time  otherwise  limited  is  less  than  three years, the time shall be extended by the period of disability. The time within which  the  action must  be  commenced  shall  not be extended by this provision beyond ten years after the cause of action accrues, except,  in  any  action  other than  for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice, where the person was under a disability due to infancy. This section shall not  apply  to  an action to recover a penalty or forfeiture, or against a sheriff or other officer for an escape.  (b)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law which imposes a period of limitation  to  the  contrary  and  the  provisions  of  any  other  law pertaining  to  the filing of a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or special proceeding, with respect to all civil claims or causes of action brought by any person for physical, psychological  or  other  injury  or condition  suffered  by  such  person as a result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty  of the  penal  law committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or  255.25  of the  penal  law committed against such person who was less than eighteen years of age, or the use of such  person  in  a  sexual  performance  as defined  in  section  263.05  of the penal law, or a predecessor statute that prohibited such conduct at the time of the act, which  conduct  was committed  against  such person who was less than eighteen years of age, such action may be commenced, against any  party  whose  intentional  or negligent  acts  or  omissions  are  alleged  to  have  resulted  in the commission of said  conduct,  on  or  before  the  plaintiff  or  infant plaintiff  reaches  the  age  of  fifty-five years. In any such claim or action, in addition to any other defense and  affirmative  defense  that may  be available in accordance with law, rule or the common law, to the extent that the acts alleged in such action are of the type described in subdivision one of section 130.30 of the penal law or subdivision one of section 130.45 of the penal law, the  affirmative  defenses  set  forth, respectively, in the closing paragraph of such sections of the penal law shall apply.
NY CPLR § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 209 - War.

§  209. War. (a) Cause of action accruing in foreign country.  Where a cause of action, whether originally accrued in favor of  a  resident  or non-resident  of  the state, accrued in a foreign country with which the United States or any of its allies were then or subsequently at war,  or territory  then  or  subsequently  occupied  by  the  government of such foreign country, the time which elapsed between the commencement of  the war, or of such occupation, and the termination of hostilities with such country,  or  of such occupation, is not a part of the time within which the action must be commenced. This section shall neither apply to nor in any manner affect an action brought  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred twenty-five of the banking law against a banking organization or against the superintendent of financial services.  (b)  Right of alien. Where a person is unable to commence an action in the courts of the state because any party is an alien subject or citizen of a foreign country at war with the United States or any of its allies, whether the cause of action accrued during or prior to the war, the time which elapsed between the commencement of the war and the termination of hostilities with such country is not a part of the time within which the action must be commenced.  (c) Non-enemy in enemy country or enemy-occupied  territory.  Where  a person  entitled  to commence an action, other than a person entitled to the benefits of subdivision (b), is a resident of, or a sojourner in,  a foreign country with which the United States or any of its allies are at war,  or  territory  occupied by the government of such foreign country, the period of such residence or sojourn during which the  war  continues or  the  territory is so occupied is not a part of the time within which the action must be commenced.
NY CPLR § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 210 - Death of Claimant or Person Liable; Cause of Action Accruing After Death and Before Grant of Letters.

§  210.  Death  of claimant or person liable; cause of action accruing after death and before grant of letters. (a) Death of claimant. Where  a person  entitled to commence an action dies before the expiration of the time within which the action must be commenced and the cause  of  action survives,  an  action  may be commenced by his representative within one year after his death.  (b) Death of person liable. The period of eighteen  months  after  the death,  within or without the state, of a person against whom a cause of action exists is not a part of the time within which the action must  be commenced against his executor or administrator.  (c)  Cause of action accruing after death and before grant of letters. In an action  by  an  executor  or  administrator  to  recover  personal property  wrongfully  taken  after  the death and before the issuance of letters, or  to  recover  damages  for  taking,  detaining  or  injuring personal  property  within that period, the time within which the action must be commenced shall be computed from the time the letters are issued or from three years after the death, whichever event first  occurs.  Any distributee, next of kin, legatee or creditor who was under a disability prescribed  in section 208 at the time the cause of action accrued, may, within two years after the disability  ceases,  commence  an  action  to recover  such  damages  or  the  value of such property as he would have received upon a final distribution of the estate if an action  had  been timely commenced by the executor or administrator.
NY CPLR § 212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 2 - Limitations of Time 212 - Actions to Be Commenced Within Ten or Fifteen Years.

§  212.  Actions  to  be  commenced  within  ten or fifteen years. (a) Possession necessary to recover real property. An action to recover real property or its possession cannot be commenced unless the plaintiff,  or his  predecessor  in  interest,  was seized or possessed of the premises within ten years before the commencement of the action.  (b) Annulment of letters patent. Where letters patent or  a  grant  of real  property,  issued  or  made by the state, are declared void on the ground of fraudulent suggestion or concealment, forfeiture,  mistake  or ignorance  of a material fact, wrongful detaining or defective title, an action to recover the premises may be commenced by the  state  or  by  a subsequent patentee or grantee, or his successor in interest, within ten years after the determination is made.  (c)  To redeem from a mortgage. An action to redeem real property from a mortgage with or without an  account  of  rents  and  profits  may  be commenced  by  the  mortgagor or his successors in interest, against the mortgagee in possession, or  against  the  purchaser  of  the  mortgaged premises  at  a  foreclosure sale in an action in which the mortgagor or his successors in interest were not excluded from their interest in  the mortgaged premises, or against a successor in interest of either, unless the  mortgagee, purchaser or successor was continuously possessed of the premises for  ten  years  after  the  breach  or  non-fulfillment  of  a condition  or  covenant of the mortgage, or the date of recording of the deed of the premises to the purchaser.  (d) To recover under an affidavit of support of an  alien.  An  action under  section  one  hundred  twenty-two  of  the social services law to recover amounts paid to or on behalf of an alien for whom  an  affidavit of   support   pursuant   to   section   213A  of  the  immigration  and naturalization act has been signed.  (e) By a victim of sex trafficking, compelling prostitution, or  labor trafficking.  An  action  by  a  victim  of  sex trafficking, compelling prostitution, labor trafficking or aggravated labor trafficking, brought pursuant to subdivision (c) of section four hundred  eighty-three-bb  of the  social  services  law,  may be commenced within fifteen years after such victimization occurs provided,  however,  that  such  fifteen  year period  shall  not begin to run and shall be tolled during any period in which the victim is or remains subject to such conduct.