Unknown parties
§ 1024. Unknown parties. A party who is ignorant, in whole or in part, of the name or identity of a person who may properly be made a party, may proceed against such person as an unknown party by designating so much of his name and identity as is known. If the name or remainder of the name becomes known all subsequent proceedings shall be taken under the true name and all prior proceedings shall be deemed amended accordingly.
A party ignorant of another's name or identity may proceed against them as an "unknown party" ("John Doe"), designating what's known. Once the name becomes known, all proceedings continue under the true name and prior proceedings are deemed amended. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.