N.Y. Uniform Justice 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 within such area as is within his

territorial jurisdiction as elsewhere provided by law. Where this act

empowers the court's process or mandate to be served or executed without

the county, or where it is to be served or executed within the county

but at such place therein as is beyond the territorial jurisdiction of

the court's enforcement officer, the process or mandate shall 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, or the clerk of this

court, as the case may be.

(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.