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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.56: Expense of extradition

§ 570.56 Expense of extradition.
  The expenses of extradition must be borne by the county from which the
application for a requisition comes or, where the application is made by
the attorney general, by the county in which the offense was committed.
In the case of extradition of a person who has been convicted of a crime
in this state and has escaped from a state prison or reformatory, the
expense of extradition shall be borne by the department of corrections
and community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or
her parole from a state prison or reformatory, the expense of
extradition shall be borne by the state department of corrections and
community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or her
bail or probation, the expense of extradition shall be borne by the
county. Where a person has been convicted but not yet confined to a
prison, or has been sentenced for a felony to a county jail or
penitentiary and escapes, the expenses of extradition shall be charged
to the county from whose custody the escape is effected. Nothing in this
section shall preclude a county or the department of corrections and
community supervision, as the case may be, from collecting the expenses
involved in extradition from the person who was extradited.

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

§ 570.56 Expense of extradition.

The expenses of extradition must be borne by the county from which the

application for a requisition comes or, where the application is made by

the attorney general, by the county in which the offense was committed.

In the case of extradition of a person who has been convicted of a crime

in this state and has escaped from a state prison or reformatory, the

expense of extradition shall be borne by the department of corrections

and community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or

her parole from a state prison or reformatory, the expense of

extradition shall be borne by the state department of corrections and

community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or her

bail or probation, the expense of extradition shall be borne by the

county. Where a person has been convicted but not yet confined to a

prison, or has been sentenced for a felony to a county jail or

penitentiary and escapes, the expenses of extradition shall be charged

to the county from whose custody the escape is effected. Nothing in this

section shall preclude a county or the department of corrections and

community supervision, as the case may be, from collecting the expenses

involved in extradition from the person who was extradited.

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