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N.Y. Jud. Law § 470

Attorneys having offices in this state may reside in adjoining state

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Schoenefeld v. Schneiderman (2016)

Most recently applied in Matter of Lange (March 2023)

2014-09-22

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§ 470. Attorneys having offices in this state may reside in adjoining\nstate. A person, regularly admitted to practice as an attorney and\ncounsellor, in the courts of record of this state, whose office for the\ntransaction of law business is within the state, may practice as such\nattorney or counsellor, although he resides in an adjoining state.\n

Official source: NYS Open Legislation (New York State Senate). Reproduced from public-domain New York statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.