CPLR § 2309 Oaths and affirmations
(c) Oaths and affirmations taken without the state.
RPL § 299-a. Acknowledgment to conform to law of New York or of place where taken; certificate of conformity
Andromeda Med. Care, P.C. v Utica Mut. Ins. Co., 2009 NY Slip Op 51629(U) (App. Term, 2nd, 2009)
The affidavits proffered by defendant in support of its motion for summary judgment were executed out of state. Although the affidavits were accompanied by documents that purported to be certificates of conformity, the certificates did not comply with Real Property Law § 299-a and, thus, the affidavits did not comply with CPLR 2309 (c) (see Ford Motor Credit Co. v Prestige Gown Cleaning Serv., 193 Misc 2d 262 [2002]). Since this defect was duly objected to by plaintiff in the Civil Court, defendant failed to introduce competent evidence in admissible form establishing its entitlement to summary judgment (see Impulse Chiropractic, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 19 Misc 3d 127[A], 2008 NY Slip Op 50498[U] [App Term, 2d & 11th Jud Dists 2008]). Consequently, defendant's motion for summary judgment should have been denied (id.).
This issue seem peculiar to no-fault litigation. While you see it pop up here in there in other areas of law, it is not nearly as frequent as it is in no-fault.
