N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 801: Provisional remedies; procedure

§ 801. Provisional remedies; procedure.

Whenever the remedies set forth in § 209 of this act may issue out of

this court under the terms of said section, practice and procedure

thereon shall be governed, insofar as consistent with this act, by the

CPLR and such other provisions of law governing practice and procedure

thereon in the supreme court, subject to the following:

(a) The remedy may be executed only within the county, against persons

or property within the county.

(b) When a return is required, the return shall be made to the clerk

of this court in the district out of which the remedy issued.

(c) 1. Where a notice of pendency may be filed with the county clerk,

pursuant to § 209(d) of this act, the original complaint shall be filed

simultaneously with such county clerk; service of summons shall

thereafter be made within the time provided in CPLR § 6512. A copy of

the complaint shall be sufficient for the purpose of filing the same,

after service thereof, with the clerk of this court.

2. Where a notice of pendency is filed with the county clerk after the

action has been commenced in this court, a copy of the complaint may be

filed therewith in lieu of the original complaint.