{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-255","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Judiciary Law § 255","heading":"Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result","body":"§ 255. Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result.\nA clerk of a court must, upon request, and upon payment of, or offer to\npay, the fees allowed by law, or, if no fees are expressly allowed by\nlaw, fees at the rate allowed to a county clerk for a similar service,\ndiligently search the files, papers, records, and dockets in his office;\nand either make one or more transcripts or certificates of change\ntherefrom, and certify to the correctness thereof, and to the search, or\ncertify that a document or paper, of which the custody legally belongs\nto him, can not be found.","path":["Judiciary Law","Article 8. Clerks"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/JUD/255","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"67ddd07797bf959bd39460bdb02640b8a763aec6ab796a16f395b0a531938b33","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-254","next":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-255-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}