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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.42: Bail; when forfeited
Where this section sits in the code
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Part 3. Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures
- Title Q. Procedures For Securing Attendance At Criminal Actions and Proceedings of Defendants Not Securable By Conventional Means--and Related Matters
- Article 570. Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are Outside the State But Within the United States--rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Defendants Within the State--uniform Criminal Extradition Act
§ 570.42 Bail; when forfeited.
If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender
himself according to the conditions of his bond or undertaking, the
justice of the supreme court or county judge, by proper order, shall
declare the bond forfeited and order his immediate arrest without
warrant if he be within this state. Recovery may be had on such bond or
undertaking in the name of the state as in the case of other bonds or
undertakings given by the accused in criminal proceedings within this
state.
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