CPLR § 6347

Effect of findings and determinations in subsequent proceedings  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 6347. Effect of findings and determinations in subsequent proceedings. Notwithstanding any contrary claim based on common law or a provision of any other law, no finding or determination made pursuant to this article shall be interpreted as binding, or having collateral estoppel or similar effect, in any other action or proceeding, or with respect to any other determination or finding, in any court, forum or administrative proceeding.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/6347

In plain English

A finding or decision in an extreme risk protection order proceeding does not bind any other court, forum, administrative proceeding, action, finding, or decision and has no collateral-estoppel or similar effect. ★

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 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Clerk: Civil Practice Law and Rules; Volume 1 — Your Career: Civil Practice in Plain English.