New York Laws
Article 45 - Evidence
R4541 - Proof of Proceedings Before Justice of the Peace.

(b) Of another state. A transcript from the docket-book of a justice
of the peace of another state, of his minutes of the proceedings in a
cause, of a judgment rendered by him, of an execution issued thereon or
of the return of an execution, when subscribed by him, and authenticated
as prescribed in this subdivision is prima facie evidence of his
jurisdiction in the cause and of the matters shown by the transcript.
The transcript shall be authenticated by a certificate of the justice to
the effect that it is in all respects correct and that he had
jurisdiction of the cause; and also by a certificate of the clerk or
prothonotary of the county in which the justice resides, with his
official seal affixed, to the effect that the person subscribing the
certificate attached to the transcript is a justice of the peace of that
county.

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