New York Civil Practice Law & Rules Article 31 - DISCLOSURE

• 3101 - Scope of Disclosure.
  (a) Generally. There shall be full disclosure of all matter material and necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action, regardless of the burden...
• 3102 - Method of Obtaining Disclosure.
  (a) Disclosure devices. Information is obtainable by one or more of the following disclosure devices: depositions upon oral questions or without the state upon written...
• 3103 - Protective Orders.
  (a) Prevention of abuse. The court may at any time on its own initiative, or on motion of any party or of any person from...
• 3104 - Supervision of Disclosure.
  (a) Motion for, and extent of, supervision of disclosure. Upon the motion of any party or witness on notice to all parties or on its...
• R3105 - Notice to Party in Default.
  Rule 3105. Notice to party in default. When a party is in default for failure to appear, he shall not be entitled to notice or...
• R3106 - Priority of Depositions; Witnesses; Prisoners; Designation of Deponent.
  Rule 3106. Priority of depositions; witnesses; prisoners; designation of deponent. (a) Normal priority. After an action is commenced, any party may take the testimony of...
• R3107 - Notice of Taking Oral Questions.
  Rule 3107. Notice of taking oral questions. A party desiring to take the deposition of any person upon oral examination shall give to each party...
• R3108 - Written Questions; When Permitted.
  Rule 3108. Written questions; when permitted. A deposition may be taken on written questions when the examining party and the deponent so stipulate or when...
• R3109 - Notice of Taking Deposition on Written Questions.
  Rule 3109. Notice of taking deposition on written questions. (a) Notice of taking; service of questions and cross-questions. A party desiring to take the deposition...
• R3110 - Where the Deposition is to Be Taken Within the State.
  Rule 3110. Where the deposition is to be taken within the state. A deposition within the state on notice shall be taken: 1. when the...
• R3111 - Production of Things At the Examination.
  Rule 3111. Production of things at the examination. The notice or subpoena may require the production of books, papers and other things in the possession,...
• R3112 - Errors in Notice for Taking Depositions.
  Rule 3112. Errors in notice for taking depositions. All errors and irregularities in the notice for taking a deposition are waived unless at least three...
• R3113 - Conduct of the Examination.
  Rule 3113. Conduct of the examination. (a) Persons before whom depositions may be taken. Depositions may be taken before any of the following persons except...
• R3114 - Examination of Witness Who Does Not Understand the English Language.
  Rule 3114. Examination of witness who does not understand the English language. If the witness to be examined does not understand the English language, the...
• R3115 - Objections to Qualification of Person Taking Deposition; Competency; Questions and Answers.
  Rule 3115. Objections to qualification of person taking deposition; competency; questions and answers. (a) Objection when deposition offered in evidence. Subject to the other provisions...
• R3116 - Signing Deposition; Physical Preparation; Copies.
  Rule 3116. Signing deposition; physical preparation; copies. (a) Signing. The deposition shall be submitted to the witness for examination and shall be read to or...
• R3117 - Use of Depositions.
  Rule 3117. Use of depositions. (a) Impeachment of witnesses; parties; unavailable witness. At the trial or upon the hearing of a motion or an interlocutory...
• R3118 - Demand for Address of Party or of Person Who Possessed an Assigned Cause of Action or Defense.
  Rule 3118. Demand for address of party or of person who possessed an assigned cause of action or defense. A party may serve on any...
• 3119 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery.
  (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) "Out-of-state subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a state other...
• R3120 - Discovery and Production of Documents and Things for Inspection, Testing, Copying or Photographing.
  Rule 3120. Discovery and production of documents and things for inspection, testing, copying or photographing. 1. After commencement of an action, any party may serve...
• 3121 - Physical or Mental Examination.
  (a) Notice of examination. After commencement of an action in which the mental or physical condition or the blood relationship of a party, or of...
• R3122 - Objection to Disclosure, Inspection or Examination; Compliance.
  Rule 3122. Objection to disclosure, inspection or examination; compliance. (a) 1. Within twenty days of service of a notice or subpoena duces tecum under rule...
• R3122-a - Certification of Business Records.
  Rule 3122-a. Certification of business records. (a) Business records produced pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum under rule 3120 shall be accompanied by a certification,...
• 3123 - Admissions As to Matters of Fact, Papers, Documents and Photographs.
  (a) Notice to admit; admission unless denied or denial excused. At any time after service of the answer or after the expiration of twenty days...
• R3124 - Failure to Disclose; Motion to Compel Disclosure.
  Rule 3124. Failure to disclose; motion to compel disclosure. If a person fails to respond to or comply with any request, notice, interrogatory, demand, question...
• R3125 - Place Where Motion to Compel Disclosure Made.
  Rule 3125. Place where motion to compel disclosure made. Unless otherwise provided by rule of the chief administrator of the courts, the county in which...
• 3126 - Penalties for Refusal to Comply With Order or to Disclose.
  If any party, or a person who at the time a deposition is taken or an examination or inspection is made is an officer, director,...
• 3130 - Use of Interrogatories.
  1. Except as otherwise provided herein, after commencement of an action, any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories. Except in a matrimonial...
• 3131 - Scope of Interrogatories.
  Interrogatories may relate to any matters embraced in the disclosure requirement of section 3101 and the answers may be used to the same extent as...
• R3132 - Service of Interrogatories.
  Rule 3132. Service of interrogatories. After commencement of an action, any party may serve written interrogatories upon any other party. Interrogatories may not be served...
• R3133 - Service of Answers or Objections to Interrogatories.
  Rule 3133. Service of answers or objections to interrogatories. (a) Service of an answer or objection. Within twenty days after service of interrogatories, the party...
• 3140 - Disclosure of Appraisals in Proceedings for Condemnation, Appropriation or Review of Tax Assessments.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 3101, the chief administrator of the courts shall adopt rules governing the exchange of appraisal...

Last modified: February 3, 2019