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13-A – Power to Remove Certain Officers and to Appoint Successors.

§ 13-a. Power to remove certain officers and to appoint successors. A referee, receiver, commissioner or appraiser appointed by a court or judge may be removed by the same court or judge. In case of the death, resignation, removal, or neglect or refusal to serve of any such officer, another person may be appointed in […]

13-B – Oath of Referee, Receiver, Commissioner or Appraiser.

§ 13-b. Oath of referee, receiver, commissioner or appraiser. A referee, receiver, commissioner or appraiser appointed by a court or judge, before entering upon his duties, shall be sworn faithfully and fairly to discharge the trust committed to him. The oath may be waived upon consent of all parties.

14 – Disqualification of Judge by Reason of Interest or Consanguinity.

§ 14. Disqualification of judge by reason of interest or consanguinity. A judge shall not sit as such in, or take any part in the decision of, an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding to which he is a party, or in which he has been attorney or counsel, or in which he is interested, […]

16 – Judge Prohibited From Practicing Law in His Court.

§ 16. Judge prohibited from practicing law in his court. A judge shall not practice or act as an attorney or counsellor in a court of which he is, or is entitled to act as a member, or in an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding originating in that court.

18 – Judge Prohibited From Taking Fees for Advice in Matters Before Him.

§ 18. Judge prohibited from taking fees for advice in matters before him. A judge or other judicial officer shall not demand or receive a fee or other compensation for giving his advice in an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding pending before him, or which he has reason to believe will be brought before […]

19 – Judge Must Not Be Interested in Costs.

§ 19. Judge must not be interested in costs. A judge shall not, directly or indirectly, be interested in the costs of an action, claim, matter, motion or proceeding, brought before him, or in a court of which he is, or is entitled to act as a member, except an action, claim, matter, motion or […]

2 – Courts of Record.

§ 2. Courts of record. Each of the following courts of the state is a court of record: 1. The court for the trial of impeachments. 2. A court on the judiciary. 3. The court of appeals. 4. The appellate division of the supreme court in each department. 5. The supreme court. 6. The court […]

2-A – Jurisdiction and Powers of Courts Continued.

§ 2-a. Jurisdiction and powers of courts continued. Each court of the state shall continue to exercise the jurisdiction and powers now vested in it by law, according to the course and practice of the court, except as otherwise prescribed by statute or rules adopted in conformance thereto.

2-B – General Powers of Courts of Record.

§ 2-b. General powers of courts of record. A court of record has power 1. to issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of a person found in the state to testify in a cause pending in that court, subject, however, to the limitations prescribed by law with respect to the portion of the state in […]

23 – Age Limitation on Term of Judicial Office.

§ 23. Age limitation on term of judicial office. No person shall hold the office of judge, justice or surrogate of any court, whether of record or not of record, except a justice of the peace of a town or police justice of a village, longer than until and including the last day of December […]

24 – Compensation of Judges After Removal.

§ 24. Compensation of judges after removal. Any judge or justice of any court who shall be removed pursuant to section nine of article six of the constitution, for any cause not involving moral delinquency, shall continue to receive, until the expiration of the term for which he was elected, or until the time fixed […]

25-A – Retirement of Judicial Officers.

§ 25-a. Retirement of judicial officers. 1. A judicial officer retired from office for disability shall, if eligible, apply for retirement and shall retire from the retirement system or systems of which he is a member. All such retirements shall be in accordance with and take effect pursuant to law governing such system or systems. […]