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New York Civil Practice Law and Rules – 2026

The New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), governing civil procedure in all New York state courts, including jurisdiction, service of process, pleadings, disclosure, trials, judgments, and enforcement of money judgments.

Browse all 758 rules of the 2026 edition organized by section below. Each rule includes the full text, a plain-English summary, committee notes, amendment history, and cross-references to related rules. Use the search box to find rules by keyword or number.

Sections

Article 1: Short Title; Applicability and Definitions Article 2: Limitations of Time Article 3: Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court Article 3-A: Conflict of Law In Actions Related to Legally Protected Health Activity Article 4: Special Proceedings Article 5: Venue Article 6: Joinder of Claims, Consolidation and Severance Article 9: Class Actions Article 10: Parties Generally Article 11: Waiver of Costs, Fees, and Expenses Article 12: Infants, Incompetents and Conservatees Article 13: Actions By the State Article 13-A: Proceeds of a Crime-forfeiture Article 13-B: Civil Remedies; Enterprise Corruption Article 14: Contribution Article 14-A: Damage Actions: Effect of Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk Article 15: Actions Against Persons Jointly Liable Article 16: Limited Liability of Persons Jointly Liable Article 20: Mistakes, Defects, Irregularities and Extensions of Time Article 21: Papers Article 21-A: Filing of Papers In the Courts By Facsimile Transmission and By Electronic Means Article 22: Stay, Motions, Orders and Mandates Article 23: Subpoenas, Oaths and Affirmations Article 24: Publication Article 25: Undertakings Article 26: Property Paid Into Court Article 27: Disposition of Property In Litigation Article 30: Remedies and Pleading Article 31: Disclosure Article 32: Accelerated Judgment Article 34: Calendar Practice; Trial Preferences Article 40: Trial Generally Article 41: Trial By a Jury Article 42: Trial By the Court Article 43: Trial By a Referee Article 44: Trial Motions Article 50: Judgments Generally Article 50-A: Periodic Payment of Judgments In Medical and Dental Malpractice Actions Article 50-B: Periodic Payment of Judgments In Personal Injury, Injury to Property and Wrongful Death Actions Article 51: Enforcement of Judgments and Orders Generally Article 52: Enforcement of Money Judgments Article 53: Recognition of Foreign Country Money Judgments Article 54: Enforcement of Judgments Entitled to Full Faith and Credit Summary of Article Article 55: Appeals Generally Article 56: Appeals to the Court of Appeals Article 57: Appeals to the Appellate Division Article 60: Provisional Remedies Generally Article 62: Attachment Article 63: Injunction Article 63-A: Extreme Risk Protection Orders Article 64: Receivership Article 65: Notice of Pendency Article 70: Habeas Corpus Article 71: Recovery of Chattel Article 72: Recovery of Penalty or Forfeiture Article 75: Arbitration Article 75-A: Health Care Arbitration Article 76: Proceeding to Enforce Agreement For Determination of Issue Article 77: Proceeding Relating to Express Trust Article 78: Proceeding Against Body or Officer Article 80: Fees Article 81: Costs Generally Article 82: Amount of Costs Article 83: Disbursements and Additional Allowances Article 84: Taxation of Costs Article 85: Security For Costs Article 86: Counsel Fees and Expenses In Certain Actions Against the State Article 90: Failure or Adjournment of Term of Court Article 94: Admission to Practice Article 97: Records of Clerks of the Courts Article 98: Actions Against Villages Article 100: Repeal; Saving Clauses; Effective Date
Article 1: Short Title; Applicability and Definitions §§ 101–107 Article 2: Limitations of Time §§ 201–218 Article 3: Jurisdiction and Service, Appearance and Choice of Court §§ 301–328 Article 3-A: Conflict of Law In Actions Related to Legally Protected Health Activity § 350 Article 4: Special Proceedings §§ 401–411 Article 5: Venue §§ 501–515 Article 6: Joinder of Claims, Consolidation and Severance §§ 601–604 Article 9: Class Actions §§ 901–909 Article 10: Parties Generally §§ 1001–1026 Article 11: Waiver of Costs, Fees, and Expenses §§ 1101–1103 Article 12: Infants, Incompetents and Conservatees §§ 1201–1211 Article 13: Actions By the State §§ 1301–1303 Article 13-A: Proceeds of a Crime-forfeiture §§ 1310–1352 Article 13-B: Civil Remedies; Enterprise Corruption §§ 1353–1355 Article 14: Contribution §§ 1401–1404 Article 14-A: Damage Actions: Effect of Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk §§ 1411–1413 Article 15: Actions Against Persons Jointly Liable §§ 1501–1502 Article 16: Limited Liability of Persons Jointly Liable §§ 1600–1603 Article 20: Mistakes, Defects, Irregularities and Extensions of Time §§ 2001–2005 Article 21: Papers §§ 2101–2106 Article 21-A: Filing of Papers In the Courts By Facsimile Transmission and By Electronic Means §§ 2110–2112 Article 22: Stay, Motions, Orders and Mandates §§ 2201–2223 Article 23: Subpoenas, Oaths and Affirmations §§ 2301–2309 Article 24: Publication §§ 2401–2402 Article 25: Undertakings §§ 2501–2513 Article 26: Property Paid Into Court §§ 2601–2609 Article 27: Disposition of Property In Litigation §§ 2701–2703 Article 30: Remedies and Pleading §§ 3001–3045 Article 31: Disclosure §§ 3101–3140 Article 32: Accelerated Judgment §§ 3201–3222 Article 34: Calendar Practice; Trial Preferences §§ 3401–3410 Article 40: Trial Generally §§ 4001–4019 Article 41: Trial By a Jury §§ 4101–4113 Article 42: Trial By the Court §§ 4201–4213 Article 43: Trial By a Referee §§ 4301–4321 Article 44: Trial Motions §§ 4401–4406 Article 50: Judgments Generally §§ 5001–5021 Article 50-A: Periodic Payment of Judgments In Medical and Dental Malpractice Actions §§ 5031–5039 Article 50-B: Periodic Payment of Judgments In Personal Injury, Injury to Property and Wrongful Death Actions §§ 5041–5049 Article 51: Enforcement of Judgments and Orders Generally §§ 5101–5107 Article 52: Enforcement of Money Judgments §§ 5201–5253 Article 53: Recognition of Foreign Country Money Judgments §§ 5300–5308 Article 54: Enforcement of Judgments Entitled to Full Faith and Credit Summary of Article §§ 5401–5408 Article 55: Appeals Generally §§ 5501–5532 Article 56: Appeals to the Court of Appeals §§ 5601–5615 Article 57: Appeals to the Appellate Division §§ 5701–5713 Article 60: Provisional Remedies Generally § 6001 Article 62: Attachment §§ 6201–6226 Article 63: Injunction §§ 6301–6330 Article 63-A: Extreme Risk Protection Orders §§ 6340–6348 Article 64: Receivership §§ 6401–6405 Article 65: Notice of Pendency §§ 6501–6516 Article 70: Habeas Corpus §§ 7001–7012 Article 71: Recovery of Chattel §§ 7101–7112 Article 72: Recovery of Penalty or Forfeiture §§ 7201–7205 Article 75: Arbitration §§ 7501–7516 Article 75-A: Health Care Arbitration §§ 7550–7565 Article 76: Proceeding to Enforce Agreement For Determination of Issue § 7601 Article 77: Proceeding Relating to Express Trust §§ 7701–7706 Article 78: Proceeding Against Body or Officer §§ 7801–7806 Article 80: Fees §§ 8001–8022 Article 81: Costs Generally §§ 8101–8110 Article 82: Amount of Costs §§ 8201–8204 Article 83: Disbursements and Additional Allowances §§ 8301–8303-A Article 84: Taxation of Costs §§ 8401–8404 Article 85: Security For Costs §§ 8501–8503 Article 86: Counsel Fees and Expenses In Certain Actions Against the State §§ 8600–8605 Article 90: Failure or Adjournment of Term of Court §§ 9001–9003 Article 94: Admission to Practice §§ 9401–9407 Article 97: Records of Clerks of the Courts §§ 9701–9703 Article 98: Actions Against Villages §§ 9801–9804 Article 100: Repeal; Saving Clauses; Effective Date §§ 10001–10005