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 210 - Uniform Civil Rules for the City Courts outside the City of New York › Section 210.6 - Summons

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10,
				  2024
(a) The summons
				  shall state the name and location of the court in which the action is brought,
				  as well as the names of the parties, and shall comply with all provisions of
				  the UCCA applicable to summonses.
(b) The following form shall be used in
				  actions pursuant to UCCA 902(a)(1), where a formal complaint is not served:
__ COURT OF THE CITY OF __
COUNTY OF
					 .....................................................................................
...................................................................................................
Plaintiff,)............... Index No.
					 ................................................................
).....
SUMMONS..........................................................
-against-
........................................................................
)
Plaintiff' s Residence
)......
Address:...................................................
Defendant.)
..................................................................................
To the above named defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear in the
					 __Court of the City of, __ located at __, in said City, County of __, State of
					 New York, either (i) by serving an answer 
					 * within 10 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 10 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................................
(or, alternatively
...........................................................
Clerk of the....
					 Court.......................................................................
of the City of ...............
					 )................................................
______
*You need not physically go to
					 the court to serve an answer under option (i).
(c) In a case where a formal complaint is
				  annexed to the summons, the following form of summons, with all blank spaces
				  appropriately filled in, is to be used:
......................................................................................
COURT OF THE CITY OF
......................................................................................
COUNTY OF
					 .......................................................
......................................................................................
Index No. _
Plaintiff,)
)...
					 SUMMONS....................................................
-against-
..............................................
)
Plaintiff's Residence
)............ Address:
					 .....................................
Defendant.)
______________
To the above named defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear in the
					 __Court of the City of __, located at __, in said City, County of __, State of
					 New York, by serving an answer 
					 * to the annexed complaint upon
					 plaintiff' s attorney at the address stated below, or if there is no attorney,
					 upon the plaintiff at the address stated above, within the time provided by law
					 as noted below; upon your failure to so answer, judgment will be taken against
					 you for the relief demanded in the complaint, together with the costs of this
					 action.
Dated: the _ day of __, 19
______________
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
Post-office Address
Telephone Number
Note:
The law provides that:
(1) if this summons is served by its delivery
				  to you personally within the County of __, you must answer within 10 days after
				  such service; or
(2) if this
				  summons is served by delivery to any person other than you personally, or is
				  served outside the County of __, or by publication, or by any means other than
				  personal delivery to you within the County of __, you are allowed 30 days after
				  service is complete within which to answer.
______
*You need not physically go to
					 the court to serve an answer.