Local Admiralty Rule A — Scope of the Rules
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective January 1, 2026. Verified against the official source (N.D.N.Y. — Local Rules (U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
Local Admiralty Rule A — Scope of the Rules: the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Rules of Practice, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, effective January 1, 2026 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York as its section states (Section XIV, Local Rules Of Procedure For Admiralty And Maritime Cases), alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
(a) 1. Authority A majority of the judges have promulgated this Court's local admiralty rules as authorized by and subject to the limitations of Fed. R. Civ. P. 83. (a) 2. Scope The local admiralty rules apply only to civil actions that are governed by Supplemental Rule A of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims (“Supplemental Rule or Rules”). All other local rules are applicable in these cases, but to the extent that another local rule is inconsistent with the applicable local admiralty rules, the local admiralty rules shall govern. (a) 3. Citation The local admiralty rules may be cited by the letter “LAR” and the lowercase letters and numbers in the parentheses that appear at the beginning of each section. The lowercase letter is intended to associate the local admiralty rule with the Supplemental Rule that bears the same capital letter. (a) 4. Definitions As used in the local admiralty rules, “court” refers to United States District Court for the Northern District of New York; “judge” refers to a United States District Judge or to a United States Magistrate Judge; “clerk” refers to the Clerk of the Court and includes deputy clerks of the Court; “marshal” refers to the United States Marshal of this district and includes deputy marshals; “keeper” refers to any person or entity that the Marshal appoints to take physical custody of and maintain the vessel or other property under arrest or attachment; and “substitute custodian” refers to the individual or entity who, upon motion and order of the Court, assumes the duties of the marshal or keeper with respect to the vessel or other property arrested or attached. (a) 5. Newspapers for Publishing Notices (formerly Rule G(1)) Unless the Court orders otherwise, every notice required to be published under the Local Admiralty Rules or any rules or statutes applying to admiralty and maritime proceedings shall be published in the following newspapers of general circulation in accordance with the L.R. 77.5. (a) 6. Use of State Procedures (formerly Rule G(2)) When the plaintiff invokes a state procedure in order to attach or garnish as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims permit, the process for attachment or garnishment shall identify the state law upon which the attachment or garnishment is based.
Source of truth
(a) 1. Authority A majority of the judges have promulgated this Court's local admiralty rules as authorized by and subject to the limitations of Fed. R. Civ. P. 83. (a) 2. Scope The local admiralty rules apply only to civil actions that are governed by Supplemental Rule A of th
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
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