New York Laws
Part 3 - Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures
Title P - Procedures for Securing Attendance at Criminal Actions and Proceedings of Defendants and Witnesses Under Control of Court--Recognizance, Bail

Article 500 - Recognizance, Bail and Commitment--Definitions of Terms

500.10 - Recognizance, Bail and Commitment; Definitions of Terms. - (a) that the principal be in contact with a pretrial...

Article 510 - Recognizance, Bail and Commitment-Determination of Application for Recognizance or Bail, Issuance of Securing Orders, and Related Matters

510.10 - Securing Order; When Required; Alternatives Available; Standard to Be Applied. - (a) The principal's activities and history; (b) If the principal...

510.15 - Commitment of Principal Under Seventeen or Eighteen. - 1. When a principal who is under the age of...

510.20 - Application for a Change in Securing Order. - (b) Upon such application, the principal must be accorded an...

510.30 - Application for Securing Order; Rules of Law and Criteria Controlling Determination. - controlling determination. 1. With respect to any principal, the court...

510.40 - Court Notification to Principal of Conditions of Release and of Alleged Violations of Conditions of Release. - (b) The specific method of electronic monitoring of the principal's...

510.43 - Court Appearances: Additional Notifications. - 1. The court or, upon direction of the court, a...

510.45 - Pretrial Services Agencies. - (b) Any such questionnaire, instrument or tool used to inform...

510.50 - Enforcement of Securing Order. - 1. When the attendance of a principal confined in the...

Article 520 - Bail and Bail Bonds

520.10 - Bail and Bail Bonds; Fixing of Bail and Authorized Forms Thereof. - (a) Cash bail. (b) An insurance company bail bond. (c)...

520.15 - Bail and Bail Bonds; Posting of Cash Bail. - 1. Where a court has fixed bail pursuant to subdivision...

520.20 - Bail and Bail Bonds; Posting of Bail Bond and Justifying Affidavits; Form and Contents Thereof. - (b) When a bail bond is to be posted in...

520.30 - Bail and Bail Bonds; Examination as to Sufficiency. - (a) The background, character and reputation of any obligor, and,...

520.40 - Transfer of Cash Bail From Local Criminal Court to Superior Court. - court. When a local criminal court acquires control over the...

Article 530 - Orders of Recognizance or Bail With Respect to Defendants in Criminal Actions and Proceedings--When and by What Courts Authorized

530.10 - Order of Recognizance Release Under Non-Monetary Conditions or Bail; in General. - bail; in general. Under circumstances prescribed in this article, a...

530.11 - Procedures for Family Offense Matters. - (a) persons related by consanguinity or affinity; (b) persons legally...

530.12 - Protection for Victims of Family Offenses. - (a) In addition to any other conditions, such an order...

530.13 - Protection of Victims of Crimes, Other Than Family Offenses. - (a) stay away from the home, school, business or place...

530.14 - Suspension and Revocation of a License to Carry, Possess, Repair or Dispose of a Firearm or Firearms Pursuant to Section 400.00 of the Penal Law and Ineligibilty for Such a License; Order to Surrender Firearms; Order to Seize Firearms. - (a) the court shall suspend any such existing license possessed...

530.20 - Securing Order by Local Criminal Court When Action Is Pending Therein. - (b) Where the principal stands charged with a qualifying offense,...

530.30 - Order of Recognizance, Release Under Non-Monetary Conditions or Bail; by Superior Court Judge When Action Is Pending in Local Criminal Court. - (a) Lacks authority to issue such an order, pursuant to...

530.40 - Order of Recognizance, Release Under Non-Monetary Conditions or Bail; by Superior Court When Action Is Pending Therein. - (a) a felony enumerated in section 70.02 of the penal...

530.45 - Order of Recognizance or Bail; After Conviction and Before Sentence. - (a) If the criminal action was pending in supreme court...

530.50 - Order of Recognizance or Bail; During Pendency of Appeal. - 1. A judge who is otherwise authorized pursuant to section...

530.60 - Certain Modifications of a Securing Order. - (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision...

530.70 - Order of Recognizance or Bail; Bench Warrant. - (a) He or she has reasonable cause to believe that...

530.80 - Order of Recognizance or Bail; Surrender of Defendant. - (a) A certified copy of the bail bond must be...

Article 540 - Forfeiture of Bail and Remission Thereof

540.10 - Forfeiture of Bail; Generally. - 1. If, without sufficient excuse, a principal does not appear...

540.20 - Forfeiture of Bail; Certain Local Criminal Courts. - (a) If it is a city court, pay the forfeited...

540.30 - Remission of Forfeiture. - (a) If the forfeiture has been ordered by a superior...