2016 New York Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 71 - (Civil Practice Law & Rules) RECOVERY OF CHATTEL
7112 - Testimony by deposition to ascertain location of chattel.

  7112.  Testimony  by deposition to ascertain location of chattel. A
  party to an action to recover a chattel may move, upon  such  notice  as
  the  court  may  direct,  upon  a showing that he lacks knowledge of the
  location of the chattel or a part thereof, for an order to  examine  any
  person  for  the purpose of obtaining information with reference to such
  location. The order may be granted before or after  service  of  summons
  and  complaint,  or anytime before or after final judgment, and may also
  restrain the adverse party from acting in violation of  whatever  rights
  the  moving  party  may  have  in  the  chattel, upon the execution of a
  reasonable undertaking,  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  reimburse  the
  adverse party for all damages wrongfully caused by such restraint.