New York Constitution
Article VI - Judiciary
- Section 1 - Unified court system; organization; process
- Section 2 - Court of appeals; organization; designations; vacancies, how filled; commission on judicial nomination
- Section 3 - Court of appeals; jurisdiction
- Section 4 - Judicial departments; appellate divisions, how constituted; governor to designate justices; temporary assignments; jurisdiction
- Section 5 - Appeals from judgment or order; new trial
- Section 6 - Judicial districts; how constituted; supreme court
- Section 7 - Supreme court; jurisdiction
- Section 8 - Appellate terms; composition; jurisdiction
- Section 9 - Court of claims; jurisdiction
- Section 10 - County courts; judges
- Section 11 - County court; jurisdiction
- Section 12 - Surrogate's courts; judges; jurisdiction
- Section 13 - Family court; organization; jurisdiction
- Section 14 - Discharge of duties of more than one judicial office by same judicial officer
- Section 15 - New York city; city-wide courts; jurisdiction
- Section 16 - District courts; jurisdiction; judges
- Section 17 - Town, village and city courts; jurisdiction; judges
- Section 18 - Trial by jury; trial without jury; claims against state
- Section 19 - Transfer of actions and proceedings
- Section 20 - Judges and justices; qualifications; eligibility for other office or service; restrictions
- Section 21 - Vacancies; how filled
- Section 22 - Commission on judicial conduct; composition; organization and procedure; review by court of appeals; discipline of judges or justices
- Section 23 - Removal of judges
- Section 24 - Court for trial of impeachments; judgment
- Section 25 - Judges and justices; compensation; retirement
- Section 26 - Temporary assignments of judges and justices
- Section 27 - Supreme court; extraordinary terms
- Section 28 - Administrative supervision of court system
- Section 29 - Expenses of courts
- Section 30 - Legislative power over jurisdiction and proceedings; delegation of power to regulate practice and procedure
- Section 31 - Inapplicability of article to certain courts
- Section 32 - Custodians of children to be of same religious persuasion
- Section 33 - Existing laws; duty of legislature to implement article
- Section 34 - Pending appeals, actions and proceedings; preservation of existing terms of office of judges and justices
- Section 35 - Certain courts abolished; transfer of judges, court personnel, and actions and proceedings to other courts
- Section 36 - Pending civil and criminal cases
- Section 36-a - Effective date of certain amendments to articles VI and VII
- Section 36-c - Effective date of certain amendments to article VI, section 22
- Section 37 - Effective date of article
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