N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 701: Direction and execution of mandates

§ 701. Direction and execution of mandates.

(a) In an action or proceeding brought in the court, all civil

processes and mandates, except as otherwise provided in this act, may be

served or executed only within the county. They shall be executed by the

court's enforcement officer. Where this act empowers the court's process

or mandate to be served or executed without the county, it may be served

or executed by such officer as could serve or execute the process or

mandate of the supreme court of the county in a like instance.

(b) The provisions of law applicable in supreme court practice,

relating to the execution of mandates by a sheriff and the power and

control of the court over the sheriff executing the same, shall apply to

this court's enforcement officers.

(c) In any instance where a return by the enforcement officer is

required by law to be made to the court or the clerk thereof, such

provision shall be deemed to refer to this court in that district out of

which the process or mandate issued, or the clerk of this court in such

district, as the case may be; except that where this court has issued

its transcript the sheriff shall return executions to the county clerk

with whom such transcript is filed.

(d) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the service

of a summons, petition, notice of petition, subpoena or other paper by

any person who might serve the same in a like instance in the supreme

court.