Judiciary Law 23 — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 22 Certificates as to year of birth to be filed by certain judicial officers up ARTICLE 2 General Provisions Relating to Courts and Judges next SECTION 24 Compensation of judges after removal Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 23 Age limitation on term of judicial office Judiciary (JUD) CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE 2 § 23. Age limitation on term of judicial office. No person shall hold the office of judge, justice or surrogate of any court, whether of record or not of record, except a justice of the peace of a town or police justice of a village, longer than until and including the last day of December next after he shall be seventy years of age, except that a judge or justice in office or elected or appointed to office at the effective date of this section, as to whom no provision limiting his right to hold office to the close of the year following his attaining the age of seventy years was applicable prior to the effective date of this section, may continue in office during the term for which he was elected or appointed.