Since 1990, the Ethics Commission for the Unified Court System has been responsible for the distribution, collection, review and maintenance of the financial disclosure statements required to be filed annually by approximately 5,000 judges, justices and other employees of the court system, pursuant to the Rules of the Chief Judge, 22 NYCRR Part 40. Effective September, 2006, certain candidates for public election to judicial office are also required to file financial disclosure statements, pursuant to the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts, 22 NYCRR Part 100.

ELECTRONIC FILING IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AND INTRANET.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU CAN VIEW ALL YOUR PREVIOUSLY FILED ESTATEMENTS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, IF YOU FILED ELECTRONICALLY LAST YEAR, YOU CAN COPY INFORMATION FROM THAT STATEMENT INTO YOUR NEW ELECTRONIC STATEMENT.

GO TO THE "ELECTRONIC FILING" SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE OR CALL US AT 212-428-2899 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

• Annual Statements of Financial Disclosure for calendar year 2008 filed pursuant to Part 40 are due: May 15, 2009.
• Annual Statements of Financial Disclosure for calendar year 2008 filed by judicial candidates pursuant to Part 100 are due within 20 days following the date on which the filer becomes a candidate.
• You can file your financial disclosure statement online on the Intranet or Internet, by going to the "Electronic Filing" section of this website; or by mail or in person at our offices at 25 Beaver Street - Room 875, New York, NY 10004

• You must file if you are a state-paid judge or justice.
• You must file if you have been designated a policy-maker for the purpose of financial disclosure.
  List of Designated Policy Makers
• You must file if, as of 12/31/08, you were a full-time nonjudicial employee and your annual rate of compensation was in excess of $84,863.00 (regardless of the amount you actually earned in calendar year 2008).
• You must file if, as of 12/31/08, you were a part-time nonjudicial employee, your annual rate of compensation was in excess of $84,863.00 and you actually earned an amount in excess of $84,863 in calendar year 2008.
• You must file if, as of 12/31/08, you were on a leave of absence (paid or unpaid) but you worked for more than 30 days in 2008, and your annual rate of compensation was in excess of $84,863.00.
• You must file if you are a candidate for public election to judicial office. Such filing is not required if you are, or were, required to file for the preceding calendar year because you are, or were, a state-paid judge or justice, or an employee of the Unified Court System. Such filing is not required if you are a candidate for public election to a Town & Village Court.