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A COMPUTER PRINTOUT FROM THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF STATE WEBSITE PURPORTING TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF DEFENDANT’S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR VENUE PURPOSES WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE AS A BUSINESS RECORD (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s submission of a computer printout from the NYS Department of State website was insufficient to prove defendant’s principal place of business was in Kings County. Defendant had submitted its certificate of incorporation designating Richmond County as its principal place of business. Therefore plaintiff did not demonstrate the proper venue for this traffic accident case was Kings County. Plaintiff lived in New Jersey and the accident occurred in Ulster County:

… [T]he plaintiff failed to establish that the defendant’s certificate of incorporation had been amended to designate a principal office located in Kings County … or that the venue selected was otherwise proper. Contrary to the Supreme Court’s conclusion, a computer printout from the website of the New York State Department of State, Division of Corporations, submitted by the plaintiff, did not conclusively establish that Kings County is a proper venue for this action. The printout was not certified or authenticated, and it was not supported by a factual foundation sufficient to demonstrate its admissibility as a business record … . Faulkner v Best Trails & Travel Corp., 2022 NY Slip Op 01770, Second Dept 3-16-22

Practice Point: Here a printout from the NYS Department of State purporting to show the location of defendant’s principal place of business was not admissible in this dispute over proper venue. The printout was not certified or authenticated and was not supported by a factual foundation sufficient for admissibility as a business record.

 

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