Payment of judgment in certain cases
§ 5020-a. Payment of judgment in certain cases. When a judgment debtor has shown to the satisfaction of the clerk of the court from which an execution has been issued that a sum of money which satisfies the judgment had been sent to the last known address of the judgment creditor by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, but was returned as unclaimed or undeliverable by the post office, the judgment debtor may deposit with the clerk of such court a certified check in an amount equal to the sum of money which satisfies the judgment. Upon receipt of such check any additional charges relating to an execution shall cease to accrue against the judgment debtor and the clerk shall forthwith notify each sheriff to whom an execution was issued that such execution is hereby rescinded. Such notice shall not be effective upon the sheriff until its receipt by him from the clerk. Provided, however, no entry of the satisfaction on the docket of the judgment made be made by the clerk except pursuant to the provisions of section 5021.
If the debtor shows the issuing court's clerk that money satisfying the judgment was sent to the creditor's last known address by registered/certified mail, return receipt requested, but came back unclaimed/undeliverable, the debtor may deposit a certified check for that amount with the clerk. ★ Extra execution charges then stop accruing, and the clerk notifies each sheriff that the execution is rescinded (effective on the sheriff's receipt). Satisfaction is only docketed per § 5021.
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.