The New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) is chapter 8 of the Consolidated Laws of New York and governs legal procedure in the Unified Court System such as jurisdiction, venue, and pleadings, as well certain areas of substantive law such as the statute of limitations and joint and several liability.
The CPLR has approximately 700 individual sections and rules which are divided into 70 articles. It has been the law of New York since 1962, when it replaced the older "Civil Practice Act". A committee of the New York State Bar Association, the Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules, monitors the law and periodically proposes amendments.
See also
- Law of New York
References
External links
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from FindLaw
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from Justia
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from Socratek
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from Nathaniel L. Strand
- New York CPLR (Redbook), 2015 Edition from LexisNexis
