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Article 5. PRIVILEGES


 

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At present, each rule in this Guide to New York Evidence article 5 (Privileges), except for Parent-Child privilege, includes verbatim a section in CPLR article 45.

To facilitate conformity with the CPLR sections, the heading of each section in this article is the same as the heading in the applicable CPLR section; the format respecting subdivisions and paragraphs is the same as in the applicable CPLR section; and the Guide’s section number includes the last two numbers of the applicable CPLR article 45 section; e.g. “CPLR 4502 Spouse” is “Guide to New York Evidence rule 5.02 Spouse.”

 

ARTICLE 5 RULES

(Last update: December 2023)

For a list of updated rules see Guide History

 

5.01. SELF-INCRIMINATION (CPLR 4501) docx
5.02. SPOUSE (CPLR 4502) docx
5.03. ATTORNEY (CPLR 4503) docx
5.04. PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, PODIATRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, AND NURSE (CPLR 4504) docx
5.05. CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION TO CLERGY PRIVILEGED (CPLR 4505) docx
5.07. PSYCHOLOGIST (CPLR 4507) docx
5.08. SOCIAL WORKER (CPLR 4508) docx
5.09. LIBRARY RECORDS (CPLR 4509) docx
5.10. RAPE CRISIS COUNSELOR OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE (CPLR 4510) docx
5.48. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION (CPLR 4511) docx
5.50 PARENT-CHILD PRIVILEGE docx