N.Y. Judiciary Law Section 140
Division of state into judicial districts

The state is hereby divided into thirteen judicial districts, pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the sixth article of the constitution, which districts shall be arranged as follows: The first judicial district shall consist of the county of New York; The second judicial district shall consist of the county of Kings; The third judicial district shall consist of the counties of Columbia, Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schoharie and Rensselaer; The fourth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Warren, Saratoga, Washington, Essex, Franklin, Saint Lawrence, Clinton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Fulton and Schenectady; The fifth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson and Lewis; The sixth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Otsego, Delaware, Madison, Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland and Schuyler; The seventh judicial district shall consist of the counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben, Monroe and Cayuga; The eighth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany and Wyoming; The ninth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland; The tenth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Nassau and Suffolk. The eleventh judicial district shall consist of the county of Queens. The creation of such eleventh district shall not affect or impair the rights, privileges or compensation of any officer or employee of the supreme court in office on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and sixty-two in the tenth judicial district as theretofore constituted; each such officer or employee employed in the county of Queens on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the eleventh judicial district and each such officer or employee employed in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the tenth judicial district. The twelfth judicial district shall consist of the county of Bronx. The creation of such twelfth district shall not affect or impair the rights, privileges or compensation of any officer or employee of the supreme court in office on the first day of January, nineteen hundred eighty-three in the first judicial district as theretofore constituted; each such officer or employee employed in the county of Bronx on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the twelfth judicial district and each such officer or employee employed in the county of New York on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the first judicial district. The thirteenth judicial district shall consist of the county of Richmond. The creation of such thirteenth district shall not affect or impair the rights, privileges or compensation of any officer or employee of the supreme court in office on the first day of January, two thousand eight in the second judicial district as theretofore constituted; each such officer or employee employed in the county of Richmond on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the thirteenth judicial district and each such officer or employee employed in the county of Kings on such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the second judicial district.

Source: Section 140 — Division of state into judicial districts, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/JUD/140 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 31, 2026).

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Division of state into judicial districts 140–A
Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district 140–B
General jurisdiction of supreme court 141
Designation of supreme court justices to hold court in another county 147
Holding special and trial terms 147–A
Powers of justice of supreme court 148
Trial term may be held in parts 149
Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them 150
Printing calendars in certain counties 151
Publishing calendars in Monroe county 152
Publishing calendars in Erie county 153
Records kept by special deputy clerks shall be part of records of supreme court 154
Duty of supreme court justices in first judicial district to enforce rules made by appellate division of first department 155
Supreme court seal 156
Appointment of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county 158
Appointment of calendar clerk for Westchester county in the ninth judicial district 158–A
Appointment of calendar clerk for Dutchess county in the ninth judicial district 158–B
Appointment of calendar clerk for Schenectady county in the fourth judicial district 158–C
Appointment of calendar clerk for Putnam county and other necessary assistants 160
Appointment of temporary stenographer where official stenographer fails to attend term 161
Amount spent for services of temporary stenographer to be deducted from salary of official stenographer 162
Justice of supreme court to certify amount of expenses of stenographer attending term 163
Justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts to certify to the department of taxation and finance amount of salaries ... 164
Emergency stenographers in criminal cases 165
Power of supreme court justices in Nassau county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–A
Power of supreme court justices in Dutchess county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–B
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–C
Power of supreme court justices in Putnam county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–D
Power of supreme court justices in Orange county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–E
Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to appoint secretarial assistants 166
Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to appoint attendants for supreme court 167
Powers of supreme court justices in the third judicial district residing in Albany and Rensselaer counties to appoint confidential court ... 168
Power of supreme court justices in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties to appoint court officers 168*2
Classification of certain attendants 169
Continuation in office of certain attendants and clerks 170
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint court officer or attendant 171
Powers of supreme court justices residing in Erie county to appoint court officers to attend terms 172
Power of supreme court justices residing in Kings and Queens counties to appoint interpreters 173
Power of supreme court justices residing in Erie county together with county judge of Erie county to appoint criers 173–A
Power of supreme court justices in Erie county to appoint a secretary and junior secretaries to such justices 173–B
Power of supreme court justices of the eight judicial district to appoint a confidential law assistant to such justices 173–C
Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial district to appoint stenographers 174
Maintenance of supreme court house building in Kings county
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Jan. 31, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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