[Adopted 2-28-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided
as follows: “Please take notice to the extent that this local
law may conflict with applicable portions of the Town Law of the State
of New York, it is the stated intention of the Town to exercise its
authority to supersede and amend, as granted under the Municipal Home
Rule Law of the State of New York, Section 10. The Town hereby provides
notice that it is exercising its authority to supersede and amend
pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York Section
22.”
Pursuant to § 20, Subdivision 1(b),
of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Town Board of the Town
of Deerpark is hereby authorized to appoint not more than four civil
officers for the Town. Said officers shall possess all of the powers
and duties of constables in civil actions and proceedings, only, and
shall be paid no salary by the Town Board but shall be entitled to
collect the statutory fees allowed by law in such civil actions and
proceedings. The civil officers of the Town shall have all of the
authority conveyed upon than by the various laws of the State of New
York and the Town of Deerpark.
The authority of a civil officer shall extend
to civil actions and proceedings only. Civil officers of the Town
shall have authority to carry out the orders of the Local Justice
Courts of the Town of Deerpark as well as courts of the County of
Orange and the State of New York. Civil officers shall have the authority
to serve process and to complete a summary proceeding and eviction
in landlord/tenant matters pursuant to a court order. A civil officer
shall have the power to save and execute the processes and mandates
of a local, county and state courts.
