New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter II - UNIFORM RULES FOR THE NEW YORK STATE TRIAL COURTS › Part 212 - Uniform Civil Rules for the District Courts › Section 212.6 - Summons

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10,
				  2024
(a) The summons
				  shall state the district and location of the court in which the action is
				  brought, as well as the names of the parties, and shall comply with all the
				  provisions of the UDCA applicable to summonses.
(b) Where an action is brought in any
				  district where there are subdivisions designated as parts for a particular
				  location, there shall also be set forth in the caption of the summons the name
				  of the part, as, for example, "Third District, Great Neck Part."
(c) The following form shall be used in a
				  case in which:
(1) the cause of action is for
				  money only;
(2) the summons is
				  served by personal delivery to the defendant within Nassau or Suffolk County;
				  and
(3) a formal complaint is not
				  served therewith:
DISTRICT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF
					 .................................................
_________ District.. Index No.
					 _________.................................................
__________________
)...
					 SUMMONS.................................................
Plaintiff,)... Plaintiff's
					 Residence.................................................
-against-
.................................................
)
Address:
Defendant.) ...The basis of the
					 venue.................................................
)... designated is:
					 .................................................
__________________
To the above named defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear in the
					 District Court of the COUNTY OF __ District, at the office of the Clerk of the
					 said Court at __ in the County of __, State of New York, either (i) by serving
					 an answer 
					 * within 20 days after service of
					 this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service, upon plaintiff' s
					 attorney, at the address stated below, or if there is no attorney, upon the
					 plaintiff at the address stated above, or (ii) by appearing at the clerk's
					 office within 20 days after service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the
					 day of service, by having the clerk of the court endorse your answer upon this
					 summons; upon your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you for
					 the sum of $__ with interest thereon from the _ day of __, 19, together with
					 the costs of this action.
Dated: the _ day of __, 19
______________
Statement of the nature and... Attorney(s) for
					 Plaintiff.................................................
substance of plaintiff's.. Post-Office
					 Address.................................................
cause of action: ... Telephone
					 Number.................................................
______
*You need not physically go to
					 court to serve an answer under option (i). However, you are required to file a
					 copy of your answer together with proof of service with the clerk of the
					 district in which the action is brought within 10 days after service of the
					 answer.