New York County Courts

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court of first instance trial court system

New York County Courts are the trial-level courts in New York County (Manhattan) that handle a wide range of civil and criminal cases within the New York State court system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
County Courts of New York	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of first instance ⓘ trial court system ⓘ
appealsTo	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ⓘ surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtLevel	trial level ⓘ
courtSystemType	state court system ⓘ
employs	court clerks ⓘ court officers ⓘ judges ⓘ support staff ⓘ
fundedBy	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
governingLaw	New York Civil Practice Law and Rules ⓘ New York State statutes ⓘ surface form: New York Criminal Procedure Law New York Family Court ⓘ surface form: New York Family Court Act New York State Constitution ⓘ Surrogate's Court Procedure Act ⓘ surface form: New York Surrogate's Court Procedure Act
handles	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hasAdministrativeHead	District Administrative Judge (where applicable) ⓘ
hasComponent	New York Family Court ⓘ surface form: Family Court of the State of New York, New York County New York City Civil Court ⓘ surface form: New York City Civil Court, New York County New York City Criminal Court ⓘ surface form: New York City Criminal Court, New York County New York Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County New York Surrogate's Court ⓘ surface form: Surrogate's Court of the State of New York, New York County
hasVenue	courthouses in Manhattan ⓘ
hears	civil actions ⓘ estate administration matters ⓘ family law matters ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ housing cases ⓘ misdemeanor criminal cases ⓘ probate matters ⓘ small claims cases ⓘ violations ⓘ
jurisdictionType	general jurisdiction (Supreme Court) ⓘ limited jurisdiction (lower courts) ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York County ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
partOf	New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York State Unified Court System
purpose	adjudication of disputes at the trial level in New York County ⓘ
servesArea	borough of Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Borough of Manhattan
servesPopulation	residents of New York County ⓘ
subjectTo	oversight of New York State Office of Court Administration ⓘ
uses	New York State court rules ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York → appealFrom → New York County Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: County Courts of New York

New York Town and Village Courts → appealsHeardBy → New York County Courts ⓘ

New York State Judiciary → hasPart → New York County Courts ⓘ

Government of the State of New York → trialCourt → New York County Courts ⓘ