Uniform Rules § 202.8-d

Orders to Show Cause

Motions shall be brought on by order to show cause only when there is genuine urgency (e.g., applications for provisional relief), a stay is required or a statute mandates so proceeding. See Section 202.8-e. Absent advance permission of the court, reply papers shall not be submitted on orders to show cause.

Official sourcehttps://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court

In plain English

Use an OSC only for genuine urgency, when a stay is needed, or when a statute requires it. No reply papers on OSCs without advance permission.

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 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.