N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 1811: Notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims

§ 1811. Notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims.

(a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall specify that a

failure to satisfy a judgment may subject the debtor to any one or

combination of the following actions:

1. garnishment of wage;

2. garnishment of bank account;

3. a lien on personal property;

4. seizure and sale of real property;

5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles;

6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if claim is

based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle;

7. revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of any applicable

business license or permit;

8. investigation and prosecution by the attorney general for

fraudulent or illegal business practices; and

9. a penalty equal to three times the amount of the unsatisfied

judgment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims.

(b) Notice of judgment sent to judgment creditor shall contain but not

be limited to the following information:

1. the claimant's right to payment within thirty days following the

debtor's receipt of the judgment notice;

2. the procedures for use of section eighteen hundred twelve of this

article concerning the identification of assets of the judgment debtor

including the use of information subpoenas, access to consumer credit

reports and the role of sheriffs and marshals, and actions to collect

three times the judgment award and attorney's fees if there are two

other unsatisfied claims against the debtor;

3. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid

judgment through the sale of the debtor's real property, or personal

property;

4. the claimant's right to initiate actions to recover the unpaid

judgment through suspension of debtor's motor vehicle license and

registration, if claim is based on defendant's ownership or operation of

a motor vehicle;

5. the claimant's right to notify the appropriate state or local

licensing or certifying authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis

for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of business

license; and

6. a statement that upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor

shall present appropriate proof thereof to the court; and

7. the claimant's right to notify the attorney general if the debtor

is a business and appears to be engaged in fraudulent or illegal

business practices.

(c) Notice of judgment sent to each party shall include the following

statement: "An appeal from this judgment must be taken no later than the

earliest of the following dates: (i) thirty days after receipt in court

of a copy of the judgment by the appealing party, (ii) thirty days after

personal delivery of a copy of the judgment by another party to the

action to the appealing party (or by the appealing party to another

party), or (iii) thirty-five days after the mailing of a copy of the

judgement to the appealing party by the clerk of the court or by another

party to the action."

(d) All wholly or partially unsatisfied small claims court judgments

shall be indexed alphabetically and chronologically under the name of

the judgment debtor. Upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor

shall present appropriate proof to the court and the court shall

indicate such in the record.