N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 1250.7

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 1250.7 - Form and Content of Records and Appendices; Exhibits

(a) Format. Records and appendices shall be consecutively paginated and shall include accurate reproductions of the submissions made to the court of original instance, formatted in accordance with the practice in that court. Reproductions may be slightly reduced in size to fit the page and to accommodate the page headings required by CPLR 5529(c), provided, however, that such reduction does not significantly impair readability.

(b) Reproduced Full Record. The reproduced full record shall be bound separately from the brief, shall include the items set forth in CPLR 5526, and shall include in the following order so much of the following items as shall be applicable to the particular cause:

(1) A cover which shall contain the title of the cause on the upper portion, and, on the lower portion, the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of the attorneys, the county clerk's index or file number, the docket or other identifying number or numbers used in the court from which the appeal is taken, and the superior court information or indictment number;

(2) The statement required by CPLR 553l;

(3) A table of contents which shall list and briefly describe each document included in the record. The part of the table relating to the transcript of testimony shall separately list each witness and the page at which direct, cross, redirect and re-cross examinations begin. The part of the table relating to exhibits shall concisely indicate the nature or contents of each exhibit and the page in the record where it is reproduced and where it is admitted into evidence;

(4) The notice of appeal or order of transfer, judgment or order appealed from, judgment roll, corrected transcript or statement in lieu thereof, exhibits, and any opinion or decision in the cause;

(5) An affirmation, certification, stipulation or order, settling the transcript pursuant to CPLR 5525;

(6) A stipulation or order dispensing with reproducing exhibits, as provided in subdivision (c).

(7) The appropriate certification, stipulation, or settlement order pursuant to subdivision (g).

(c) Exhibits. The parties may stipulate to dispense with reproduction of exhibits in the full reproduced record on grounds that (1) the exhibits are not relevant or necessary to the determination of an appeal, and will not be cited in the parties' submissions; or (2) the exhibits, though relevant and necessary, are of a bulky or dangerous nature, and will be kept in readiness and delivered to the court on telephone notice.

(d) Appendix.

(1) The appendix shall include those portions of the record necessary to permit the court to fully consider the issues which will be raised by the appellant and the respondent including, where applicable, at least the following:

(i) notice of appeal or order of transfer;

(ii) judgment, decree or order appealed from;

(iii) decision and opinion of the court or agency, and report of a referee, if any;

(iv) pleadings, and in a criminal case, the indictment or superior court information;

(v) material excerpts from transcripts of testimony or from documents in connection with a motion. Such excerpts shall include all the testimony or averments upon which the appellant relies and upon which it may be reasonably assumed the respondent will rely. Such excerpts shall not be misleading or unintelligible by reason of incompleteness or lack of surrounding context;

(vi) copies of relevant exhibits, including photographs, to the extent practicable;

(vii) if pertinent, a statement identifying bulky, oversized or dangerous exhibits relevant to the appeal, as well as identifying the party in custody and control of each exhibit; and

(viii) the appropriate certification, stipulation or settlement order pursuant to subdivision (g).

(2) The appendix shall have a cover complying with subdivision (b)(1) and shall include the statement required by CPLR 553l and a table of contents.

(3) The court may require such other contents in an appendix in a criminal cause as it deems appropriate.

(4) If a settled transcript of the stenographic minutes, or an approved statement in lieu of such transcript, is not included in the submissions, the appellant shall cause a digital copy of such transcript or statement to be filed together with the brief.

(e) Condensed Format of Transcripts Prohibited. No record or appendix may include a transcript of testimony given at a trial, hearing or deposition that is reproduced in condensed format such that two or more pages of transcript in standard format appear on one page, unless the transcript was submitted in that format to the court from which the appeal is taken.

(f) Settlement of Transcript or Statement. Regardless of the method used to prosecute any civil cause, if the record includes a transcript of the stenographic minutes of the proceedings or a statement in lieu of such transcript, such transcript or statement shall first be either stipulated as correct by the parties or their attorneys or settled pursuant to CPLR 5525.

(g) Certification of Record or Appendix. A reproduced full record or an appendix shall be certified either by:

(1) a certificate of the appellant's attorney pursuant to CPLR 2l05;

(2) a certificate of the proper clerk; or

(3) a stipulation in lieu of certification pursuant to CPLR 5532 or, if the parties are unable to stipulate, an order settling the record. The reproduced copy containing the signed certification or stipulation shall be marked ''Original.'' A party may move to waive certification pursuant to this rule for good cause shown, and shall include with the motion a copy of the proposed record or appendix.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 22 § 1250.7

Adopted New York State Register October 31, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 44, eff. 9/17/2018