CPLR § 328

Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside the state

Rule 328. Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside the state.

(a) Pursuant to court order. Upon application by any interested person or in response to letters rogatory issued by a tribunal outside the state, the supreme court or a county court of the state may order service upon any person who is domiciled or can be found within the state of any document issued in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside the state. The order shall direct the manner of service.

(b) Without court order. Service in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside the state may be made within the state without an order of court.

(c) Effect. Service under this rule does not, of itself, require the recognition or enforcement of an order, judgment or decree rendered outside the state.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/328

In plain English

(a) On application or letters rogatory from an out-of-state tribunal, the supreme or county court may order service in NY of documents for an outside proceeding, directing the manner of service.
(b) Such service may also be made without a court order.
(c) This service does not itself require recognition/enforcement of the outside order or judgment. ★

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.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.