N.Y. C.P.L.R. 3015

Rule 3015. Particularity as to specific matters. (a) Conditions\nprecedent. The performance or occurrence of a condition precedent in a\ncontract need not be pleaded. A denial of performance or occurrence\nshall be made specifically and with particularity. In case of such\ndenial, the party relying upon the performance or occurrence shall be\nrequired to prove on the trial only such performance or occurrence as\nshall have been so specified.\n (b) Corporate status. Where any party is a corporation, the complaint\nshall so state and, where known, it shall specify the state, country or\ngovernment by or under whose laws the party was created.\n (c) Judgment, decision or determination. A judgment, decision or other\ndetermination of a court, judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal, or of a\nboard or officer, may be pleaded without stating matter showing\njurisdiction to render it.\n (d) Signatures. Unless specifically denied in the pleadings each\nsignature on a negotiable instrument is admitted.\n (e) License to do business. Where the plaintiff's cause of action\nagainst a consumer arises from the plaintiff's conduct of a business\nwhich is required by state or local law to be licensed by the department\nof consumer affairs of the city of New York, the Suffolk county\ndepartment of consumer affairs, the Westchester county department of\nconsumer affairs/weight-measures, the county of Rockland, the county of\nPutnam or the Nassau county department of consumer affairs, the\ncomplaint shall allege, as part of the cause of action, that plaintiff\nwas duly licensed at the time of services rendered and shall contain the\nname and number, if any, of such license and the governmental agency\nwhich issued such license. The failure of the plaintiff to comply with\nthis subdivision will permit the defendant to move for dismissal\npursuant to paragraph seven of subdivision (a) of rule thirty-two\nhundred eleven of this chapter.\n