Statute · New York Uniform Justice Court Act
N.Y. Uniform Just. Ct. Act § 105 — Training and education of justices; expenses thereof; requirements; restriction
N.Y. Uniform Just. Ct. Act § 105
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- New York Uniform Justice Court Act
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- New York
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- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 105. Training and education of justices; expenses thereof; requirements; restriction.
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N.Y. Uniform Just. Ct. Act § 105 — Training and education of justices; expenses thereof; requirements; restriction is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 105. Training and education of justices; expenses thereof; requirements; restriction.
(a) Training. No town or village justice selected for a term of office commencing on or after September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, except one who has been admitted to practice law in this state, shall assume the functions of his office unless he has filed with the clerk of his municipality a certificate of completion of a course of education and training prescribed by the administrative board. The administrative board may issue a temporary certificate enabling a town or village justice to assume the functions of his office pending completion of the earliest such course available thereafter. Such certificates shall be in a form, and subject to terms and conditions, prescribed by the administrative board.
(b) Expenses. Notwithstanding any other law, actual and necessary expenses incurred by a justice or justice elect in carrying out the foregoing requirement shall be a charge against the municipality.
(c) No town or village justice selected for a term of office commencing on or after July first, nineteen hunded seventy-five, shall engage in or accept any employment as a "peace officer" or a "police officer", as those terms are defined in the criminal procedure law.
(d) No town justice selected for a term of office commencing on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, shall serve as a member of a town board in a town of the second class.