{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-251-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Judiciary Law § 251-a","heading":"Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners","body":"§ 251-a. Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be\nappointed referees, receivers or commissioners. No person holding the\noffice of confidential clerk or law secretary to a justice of the\nsupreme court shall hereafter be appointed by any court or judge in any\naction or proceeding instituted in the supreme court, a referee,\nreceiver or commissioner, except that in uncontested matrimonial\nactions, a confidential clerk or law secretary who is an attorney in\ngood standing admitted to practice in the state may be appointed by an\nadministrative judge to serve without fee as a referee for the purpose\nof hearing and reporting to the court.","path":["Judiciary Law","Article 8. Clerks"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/JUD/251-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"e3ab052e8f9e6ab4d2d3546f601e1cf2a8f7b9d3e62fd8b79814439c115825fa","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-251","next":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}