{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-116","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Judiciary Law § 116","heading":"Official referees","body":"§ 116. Official referees.  Official referees in office on the\neffective date of this section shall, for the remainder of their terms\nfor which they were appointed or certified, be official referees of the\ncourt in which they were appointed or certified as such or the successor\ncourt, as the case may be. At the expiration of the term of an official\nreferee of the court of appeals or the supreme court, his office shall\nbe abolished and he shall be subject to the provisions of section one\nhundred fourteen or one hundred fifteen of this chapter.","path":["Judiciary Law","Article 4-A. Official Referees"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/JUD/116","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"cd02157c8e16b896bafa431356270b5aa4aee88088e6d99c0cf18997f854d174","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-115","next":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}