N.Y. Judiciary Law § 468-a: Biennial registration of attorneys

§ 468-a. Biennial registration of attorneys. 1. Every attorney and

counsellor-at-law admitted to practice in this state on or before

January first, nineteen hundred eighty-two, whether resident or

nonresident, shall file a biennial registration statement with the

administrative office of the courts on or before March first, nineteen

hundred eighty-two in such form as the chief administrator of the courts

shall prescribe. An attorney who is admitted to practice after January

first, nineteen hundred eighty-two and on or before January first,

nineteen hundred eighty-six, shall file a registration statement within

sixty days after the date of admission. An attorney who is admitted to

practice after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall file a

registration statement prior to taking the constitutional oath of

office.

2. Attorneys shall register biennially on the dates prescribed by the

chief administrator. In the event of a change in information previously

submitted, an attorney shall file an amended statement within thirty

days of such change.

3. The chief administrator shall prescribe the form in which such

registry of attorneys shall be maintained and the procedures for public

access thereto, and may make all such other rules and regulations

necessary and appropriate to implement and enforce the provisions of

this section.

4. The biennial registration fee shall be three hundred seventy-five

dollars, sixty dollars of which shall be allocated to and be deposited

in a fund established pursuant to the provisions of section

ninety-seven-t of the state finance law, fifty dollars of which shall be

allocated to and shall be deposited in a fund established pursuant to

the provisions of section ninety-eight-b of the state finance law,

twenty-five dollars of which shall be allocated to be deposited in a

fund established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-eight-c of

the state finance law, and the remainder of which shall be deposited in

the attorney licensing fund. Such fee shall be required of every

attorney who is admitted and licensed to practice law in this state,

whether or not the attorney is engaged in the practice of law in this

state or elsewhere, except attorneys who certify to the chief

administrator of the courts that they have retired from the practice of

law.

5. Noncompliance by an attorney with the provisions of this section

and the rules promulgated hereunder shall constitute conduct prejudicial

to the administration of justice and shall be referred to the

appropriate appellate division of the supreme court for disciplinary

action.