2016 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 21-A - (Civil Practice Law & Rules) FILING OF PAPERS IN THE COURTS BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION AND BY ELECTRONIC MEANS
2112 - Filing of papers in the appellate division by electronic means.

  2112.  Filing  of  papers  in  the appellate division by electronic
  means.   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law,  and  except  as
  otherwise  provided  in  subdivision  (c)  of section twenty-one hundred
  eleven  of  this  article,  the  appellate  division  in  each  judicial
  department  may  promulgate  rules  authorizing  a program in the use of
  electronic means for: (i) appeals to such court  from  the  judgment  or
  order  of a court of original instance or from that of another appellate
  court, (ii) making a motion for permission  to  appeal  to  such  court,
  (iii)  commencement  of any other proceeding that may be brought in such
  court, and (iv) the filing and service of papers in pending actions  and
  proceedings.  Provided however, the appellate division may not eliminate
  the requirement of consent to participation in appeals in such a program
  involving matrimonial actions as defined by this chapter,  election  law
  proceedings,   proceedings   brought  pursuant  to  article  seventy  or
  seventy-eight of this  chapter,  proceedings  brought  pursuant  to  the
  mental  hygiene  law,  residential  foreclosure actions involving a home
  loan as such term is defined in section thirteen  hundred  four  of  the
  real  property  actions  and  proceedings law and proceedings related to
  consumer credit transactions as defined in subdivision  (f)  of  section
  one  hundred  five  of this chapter; and such rules shall not require an
  unrepresented  party  or  any  attorney  who  furnishes  a   certificate
  specified  in  subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph three of subdivision
  (b) of section twenty-one hundred eleven of  this  article  to  take  or
  perfect an appeal by electronic means. Provided further, however, before
  promulgating  any  such  rules,  the appellate division in each judicial
  department shall consult with the chief administrator of the courts  and
  shall provide an opportunity for review and comment by all those who are
  or  would  be  affected  including  city,  state, county and women's bar
  associations;  institutional  legal  service  providers;  not-for-profit
  legal   service   providers;  attorneys  assigned  pursuant  to  article
  eighteen-B of the  county  law;  unaffiliated  attorneys  who  regularly
  appear  in  proceedings  that  are or have been affected by the programs
  that have been implemented or who may be  affected  by  promulgation  of
  rules  concerning  the  use  of  the  electronic  filing  program in the
  appellate division of any judicial department; and any other persons  in
  whose county a program has been implemented in any of the courts therein
  as  deemed  to  be  appropriate by any appellate division. To the extent
  practicable,  rules  promulgated  by  the  appellate  division  in  each
  judicial department pursuant to this section shall be uniform.