N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 520.15: Bail and bail bonds; posting of cash bail

§ 520.15 Bail and bail bonds; posting of cash bail.

1. Where a court has fixed bail pursuant to subdivision two of section

520.10, at any time after the principal has been committed to the

custody of the sheriff pending the posting thereof, cash bail in the

amount designated in the order fixing bail may be posted even though

such bail was not specified in such order. Cash bail may be deposited

with (a) the county treasurer of the county in which the criminal action

or proceeding is pending or, in the city of New York with the

commissioner of finance, or (b) the court which issued such order, or

(c) the sheriff in whose custody the principal has been committed. Upon

proof of the deposit of the designated amount the principal must be

forthwith released from custody.

2. The person posting cash bail must complete and sign a form which

states (a) the name, residential address and occupation of each person

posting cash bail; and (b) the title of the criminal action or

proceeding involved; and (c) the offense or offenses which are the

subjects of the action or proceeding involved, and the status of such

action or proceeding; and (d) the name of the principal and the nature

of his involvement in or connection with such action or proceeding; and

(e) that the person or persons posting cash bail undertake that the

principal will appear in such action or proceeding whenever required and

will at all times render himself amenable to the orders and processes of

the court; and (f) the date of the principal's next appearance in court;

and (g) an acknowledgement that the cash bail will be forfeited if the

principal does not comply with any requirement or order of process to

appear in court; and (h) the amount of money posted as cash bail.

3. Money posted as cash bail is and shall remain the property of the

person posting it unless forfeited to the court.