N.Y. CPLR § 5018

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 5018 Docketing of judgment § 5018. Docketing of judgment. (a) Docketing by clerk; docketingelsewhere by transcript. Immediately after filing the judgment-roll theclerk shall docket a money judgment, and at the request of any partyspecifying the particular adverse party or parties against whomdocketing shall be made, the clerk shall so docket a judgment affectingthe title to real property, provided, however, that where the clerkmaintains a section and block index, a judgment affecting the title to,or the possession, use or enjoyment of, real property may be entered insuch index in lieu thereof. If the judgment is upon a joint liability oftwo or more persons the words "not summoned" shall be written next tothe name of each defendant who was not summoned. Upon the filing of atranscript of the docket of a judgment of a court other than thesupreme, county or a family court, the clerk of the county in which thejudgment was entered shall docket the judgment. Upon the filing of atranscript of the docket of a judgment which has been docketed in theoffice of the clerk of the county in which it was entered, the clerk ofany other county in the state shall docket the judgment. Whenever acounty clerk dockets a judgment by transcript under this subdivision, heshall notify the clerk who issued it, who, upon receiving suchnotification, shall make an entry on the docket of the judgment in hisoffice indicating where the transcript has been filed. A judgmentdocketed by transcript under this subdivision shall have the same effectas a docketed judgment entered in the supreme court within the countywhere it is docketed.(b) Docketing of judgment of court of United States. A transcript ofthe judgment of a court of the United States rendered or filed withinthe state may be filed in countywhere it is docketed.(b) Docketing of judgment of court of United States. A transcript ofthe judgment of a court of the United States rendered or filed withinthe state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any county and uponsuch filing the clerk shall docket the judgment in the same manner andwith the same effect as a judgment entered in the supreme court withinthe county.(c) Form of docketing. A judgment is docketed by making an entry inthe proper docket book as follows:1. under the surname of the judgment debtor first named in thejudgment, the entry shall consist of:(i) the name and last known address of each judgment debtor and histrade or profession if stated in the judgment;(ii) the name and last known address of the judgment creditor;(iii) the sum recovered or directed to be paid in figures;(iv) the date and time the judgment-roll was filed;(v) the date and time of docketing;(vi) the court and county in which judgment was entered; and(vii) the name and office address of the attorney for the judgmentcreditor;2. under the surname of every other judgment debtor, if any, the entryshall consist of his name and last known address and an appropriatecross-reference to the first entry.If no address is known for the judgment debtor or judgment creditor, anaffidavit executed by the party at whose instance the judgment isdocketed or his attorney shall be filed stating that the affiant has noknowledge of an address.(d) A county clerk may adopt a new docketing system utilizingelectro-mechanical, electronic or any other method he deems suitable formaintaining the dockets.