Legislation
SECTION 9404
Certificate of character and fitness
Civil Practice Law & Rules (CVP) CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 94
Rule 9404. Certificate of character and fitness. Unless otherwise
ordered by the appellate division, no person shall be admitted to
practice without a certificate from the proper committee that it has
carefully investigated the character and fitness of the applicant and
that, in such respects, he is entitled to admission. To enable the
committee to make such investigation, the justices of the appellate
division are authorized to prescribe and from time to time to amend a
form of statement or questionnaire to be submitted by the applicant,
including specifically his present and such past places of actual
residence as may be required therein, listing the street and number, if
any, and the period of time he resided at each place.
ordered by the appellate division, no person shall be admitted to
practice without a certificate from the proper committee that it has
carefully investigated the character and fitness of the applicant and
that, in such respects, he is entitled to admission. To enable the
committee to make such investigation, the justices of the appellate
division are authorized to prescribe and from time to time to amend a
form of statement or questionnaire to be submitted by the applicant,
including specifically his present and such past places of actual
residence as may be required therein, listing the street and number, if
any, and the period of time he resided at each place.