Statute:

Uniform transcript and certificate act

ยง 255-c. Uniform transcript and certificate act. 1. Every transcript
of a judgment hereafter given by any clerk, judge or justice of a court
of record or of a court not of record, or by any county clerk, shall be
on paper eleven inches in width by eight-and-a-half inches in length. It
shall be substantially in the following form:

TRANSCRIPT OF JUDGMENT

JUDGMENT DEBTOR

Trade Last
Surname Given Name or Profession Known Address
________________________________________________________________________

AMOUNT OF JUDGMENT

JUDGMENT CREDITOR JUDGMENT RENDERED
Name Address Damages Court

County

Date

Hr. & Min.

Costs JUDGMENT

DOCKETED

Total Date

Hr. & Min.
________________________________________________________________________

REMARKS: DATE AND MANNER

ATTORNEY FOR JUDGMENT OF CHANGE OF STATUS OF

CREDITOR JUDGMENT
Name Address

EXECUTION SATISFIED

When Returned How and to
When Issued Unsatisfied When What Extent
________________________________________________________________________

This form is to be immediately followed by the following certification
with the appropriate words being chosen among those which appear in
brackets, except that in the event the person certifying the transcript
keeps no seal, the words "and affixed my official seal" shall be
omitted:
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF........

(seal)

I,.................(Clerk, Judge or Justice) of the (County of.......;
or......Court, County of........), hereby certify that the above is a
correct transcript from the docket of judgments in my office.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my
official seal this......day of.............19........

(Clerk, Judge or Justice).

Any change in the status of the judgment since the time of its
original entry on the docket of the person certifying the transcript
shall be indicated in the space provided for "REMARKS; DATE AND MANNER
OF CHANGE OF STATUS OF JUDGMENT" the same to include any assignment,
reversal, modification, discharge, and any other such disposition
affecting the judgment; satisfactions and reductions, to whatever extent
and in whatever fashion the same are affected, shall be indicated in the
space entitled "SATISFIED--WHEN, HOW AND TO WHAT EXTENT."

2. Every certificate attesting to any execution on, or reduction or
full or partial satisfaction of, a judgment, or to any change in the
status of a judgment, hereafter given by any clerk, judge or justice of
a court of record or of a court not of record, or by any county clerk,
shall be of the same size and form as for a transcript of judgment as
described and illustrated under subdivision one of the section, except
that the words "Certificate of Disposition of Judgment" shall replace
the words "Transcript of Judgment" wherever the same may appear on
either side thereof, and excepting further that between the two
sentences constituting the certification there shall be an additional
sentence, to read: "And I further certify that the above judgment has
......... " The space provided shall be of sufficient length to contain
all data relevant to the matter for which the certificate is issued.

3. In the event that the space provided for any information which must
be contained in any such transcript or certificate be insufficient, the
same may be set forth on a separate paper or papers of the same size, to
be attached to said transcript or certificate by a staple or other
equally permanent means, and in that space on the original transcript or
certificate which proved insufficient to contain the necessary matter
there shall appear a reference to the attached paper or papers,
adequately identifying the same. Each such added paper shall be
subscribed at the very end of the matter contained thereon by the same
person who certifies the transcript or certificate to which said paper
or papers shall be attached.

JUD 255-C 2014-09-22

Sections:

ARTICLE 8 - Clerks
SECTION 250 - Clerk not to practice in his court
SECTION 251 - Clerks in courts of record within the territory of the first, second, tenth and eleventh judicial districts not to be appointed referees,...
SECTION 251-A - Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners
SECTION 252 - Clerks not to receive fees except as prescribed by law
SECTION 253 - Clerk's fees upon naturalization
SECTION 254 - Reports by clerks to state officers
SECTION 255 - Clerk must search files upon request and certify as to result
SECTION 255-A - Power of courts over docket
SECTION 255-B - Dockets of clerks to be public
SECTION 255-C - Uniform transcript and certificate act
SECTION 256 - Duties of clerk of court of appeals
SECTION 257 - Power of clerk of court of appeals as to assistants and deputy
SECTION 258 - Powers and duties of deputy clerks of court of appeals
SECTION 259 - Duties of clerk to judge of court of appeals
SECTION 260 - Salary of clerk of court of appeals
SECTION 261 - Salary of deputy clerk of court of appeals
SECTION 262 - Compensation of clerks to judges of court of appeals
SECTION 263 - Salary of law clerk of court of appeals
SECTION 264 - Duties of clerk of appellate division in each department
SECTION 265 - Fees of clerk of appellate division; in each judicial department; justices thereof to make rules
SECTION 265-A - Deputy clerk or attendant of appellate division in third department to act as librarian
SECTION 266 - Consultation clerks of appellate division in third and fourth departments
SECTION 267 - Certificates of appointment of clerks of the appellate division in third and fourth departments
SECTION 268 - Compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of appellate division
SECTION 269 - Salary of clerks to justices of appellate division of first and second departments
SECTION 270 - Special deputy appointed by justices of the appellate division in first department
SECTION 271 - Clerks of supreme court not required to attend special term in certain cases
SECTION 271-A - Appointment of administrative clerk in fifth judicial district
SECTION 272 - Duty of confidential clerks to justices of supreme court in second, ninth and tenth districts
SECTION 273 - Salary of clerks to justices of supreme court
SECTION 274 - Duty of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county
SECTION 275 - Salary of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county
SECTION 281 - Salary of confidential clerks to county judges of Kings, Queens, Erie, Nassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint Lawrence counties a...
SECTION 282 - Business hours in offices of clerks of courts of record in New York city
SECTION 282-A - Extension of time for filing papers with clerks of court
SECTION 283 - Each such typist or stenographer to an official referee appointed pursuant to section one hundred twenty-six of this chapter shall receiv...

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