Sample Claim Statement With Example In Bronx
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Instructions for service on NYCTA, MaBSTOA, and SIRTOA: E-mail this form to serviceclaims@nyct within 90 days of the incident. If your claim is not resolved, you will have one year and 90 days from the date of the incident to commence a legal action.
An Answer must be in writing and the entire caption, including the index number and an original signature is required. The Answer can be mailed to the County Clerk's office. If it is an E-Filed case, the Answer needs to be uploaded to the New York State Court Electronic Filing website.
Write in the name and address of the person who filed the Complaint against you, or the name and address of their attorney. You can find this on the Summons that you received. At the end, add your address and phone number and sign the answer.
To begin an action in Small Claims Court, a person, or someone acting on his or her behalf, must come to the Small Claims Court Clerk's office in the proper county and fill out a statement of claim. To find out where the clerk's office is located in your county, click on Locations.
A Notice of Intention to File a Claim is an optional document that a potential claimant may serve upon the defendant to extend the time period to serve and file a claim.
You may be able to respond to your summons by submitting your defense online or by mail. Please visit the Hearing Online page and the Hearing by Mail pages to learn if your summons is eligible. If so, OATH must receive your written defense submission prior to the scheduled hearing date.
The written response must be made within 20 days of personal service, or within 30 days of the time when service by any other means is complete. If the defendant fails to respond he or she is in default and plaintiff may be able to obtain a default judgment against the defendant.
Instructions for service on NYCTA, MaBSTOA, and SIRTOA: E-mail this form to serviceclaims@nyct within 90 days of the incident. If your claim is not resolved, you will have one year and 90 days from the date of the incident to commence a legal action.
The General Municipal Law requires that a Notice of Claim be served within 90 days after the claim arises.
