§ 255. Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result.\nA clerk of a court must, upon request, and upon payment of, or offer to\npay, the fees allowed by law, or, if no fees are expressly allowed by\nlaw, fees at the rate allowed to a county clerk for a similar service,\ndiligently search the files, papers, records, and dockets in his office;\nand either make one or more transcripts or certificates of change\ntherefrom, and certify to the correctness thereof, and to the search, or\ncertify that a document or paper, of which the custody legally belongs\nto him, can not be found.\n
N.Y. Jud. Law § 255
Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Matter of Cafferty v. Mihalko (2020)
Most recently applied in Matter of Herrick v. Town of Colonie (December 2022)
2014-09-22
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