N.Y. CPLR § 3031

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 3031 Simplified procedure for court determination ofdisputes--action without pleadings § 3031. Simplified procedure for court determination ofdisputes--action without pleadings. An action may be commenced withoutthe service of a summons, or may be continued after the service of asummons, without pleadings, by the filing of a statement, signed andacknowledged by all the parties or signed by their attorneys, specifyingplainly and concisely the claims and defenses between the parties andthe relief requested. Signing constitutes a certificate that the issuesare genuine, and such filing, together with a note of issue, to be filedat the same time, shall constitute the joinder of issues in the action.The procedure in any action commenced under this section shallconstitute "the New York Simplified Procedure for Court Determination ofDisputes" and it shall be sufficient so to identify the procedure in anycontract or other document referring to it. A submission of acontroversy under this procedure shall constitute a waiver by theparties of the right to trial by jury.