N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 150.40: Appearance ticket; where returnable; how and where served

§ 150.40 Appearance ticket; where returnable; how and where served.

1. An appearance ticket must be made returnable at a date as soon as

possible, but in no event later than twenty days from the date of

issuance; or at the next scheduled session of the appropriate local

criminal court if such session is scheduled to occur more than twenty

days from the date of issuance; or at a later date, with the court's

permission due to enrollment in a pre-arraignment diversion program. The

appearance ticket shall be made returnable in a local criminal court

designated in section 100.55 of this title as one with which an

information for the offense in question may be filed.

2. An appearance ticket, other than one issued for a traffic

infraction relating to parking, must be served personally, except that

an appearance ticket issued for the violation of a local zoning

ordinance or local zoning law, or of a building or sanitation code may

be served in any manner authorized for service under section three

hundred eight of the civil practice law and rules.

3. An appearance ticket may be served anywhere in the county in which

the designated offense was allegedly committed or in any adjoining

county, and may be served elsewhere as prescribed in subdivision four.

4. A police officer may, for the purpose of serving an appearance

ticket upon a person, follow him in continuous close pursuit, commencing

either in the county in which the alleged offense was committed or in an

adjoining county, in and through any county of the state, and may serve

such appearance ticket upon him in any county in which he overtakes him.