N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 150.10: Appearance ticket; definition, form and content

§ 150.10 Appearance ticket; definition, form and content.

1. An appearance ticket is a written notice issued and subscribed by a

police officer or other public servant authorized by state law or local

law enacted pursuant to the provisions of the municipal home rule law to

issue the same, directing a designated person to appear in a designated

local criminal court at a designated future time in connection with his

alleged commission of a designated offense. A notice conforming to such

definition constitutes an appearance ticket regardless of whether it is

referred to in some other provision of law as a summons or by any other

name or title.

2. When an appearance ticket as defined in subdivision one of this

section is issued to a person in conjunction with an offense charged in

a simplified information, said appearance ticket shall contain the

language, set forth in subdivision four of section 100.25, notifying the

defendant of his right to receive a supporting deposition.

3. Before issuing an appearance ticket a police officer or other

public servant must inform the arrestee that they may provide their

contact information for the purposes of receiving a court notification

to remind them of their court appearance date from the court or a

certified pretrial services agency. Such contact information may include

one or more phone numbers, a residential address or address at which the

arrestee receives mail, or an email address. The contact information

shall be recorded and be transmitted to the local criminal court as

required by section 150.80 of this article.