NY · rules
22 NYCRR 214.3
Summons
(a) The summons shall state the name and location of the court in which the action is brought, the names of the parties and a return date to be obtained from the court, and shall comply with all provisions of the UJCA applicable to summonses.
(b) The following form is to be used in a case in which the action is for money only and a formal complaint is not served therewith:
JUSTICE COURT OF THE
VILLAGE, TOWN OR CITY OF _________________________________
COUNTY OF_____________________
___________________________
)
Index No. ______
Plaintiff,
)
SUMMONS
)
Plaintiff's Residence
-against-
)
Address:
)
)
Defendant,
)
)
______________________________________
To the above-named defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and answer this endorsed summons in the Justice Court of the Village, Town or City of____, located at ____, County of ____, State of New York, on the ____ day of ____, 19____, at ____ o'clock in the ____ noon; upon your failure to appear and answer, judgment will be taken against you for the sum of $____ with interest thereon from the____ day of____, 19____, together with the costs of this action.
Dated: the____day of___________, 19____
Statement of the nature and substance of
plaintiff's cause of action:
_________________________
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
Post-Office Address
Telephone Number
(or, alternatively,
_________________________
Clerk of the _________ Court)
(c) In an action where a formal complaint is annexed to the summons, the following form of summons shall be used:
JUSTICE COURT OF THE
VILLAGE, TOWN OR CITY OF _________________________________
COUNTY OF_____________________
___________________________
)
Index No. ______
Plaintiff,
)
SUMMONS
)
Plaintiff's Residence
-against-
)
Address:
)
)
Defendant,
)
)
______________________________________
To the above named defendant:
To the above-named defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and answer this complaint in the Justice Court of the Village, Town or City of _____, located at _____, County of_____, State of New York, on the_____ day of _____, 19_____ , at_____ o'clock in the_____ noon; upon your failure to appear and answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint, together with the costs of this action.
Dated: the_____ day of _____, 19_____
_________________________
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
Post-Office Address
Telephone Number
Provenance
- Source
- nycourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-17
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
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