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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 700.40: Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; order of extension

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  1. Criminal Procedure Law
  2. Part 3. Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures
  3. Title T. Procedures For Securing Evidence By Means of Court Order and For Sup- Pressing Evidence Unlawfully or Improperly Obtained
  4. Article 700. Eavesdropping and Video Surveillance Warrants

§ 700.40 Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; order of

extension.

At any time prior to the expiration of an eavesdropping or video

surveillance warrant, the applicant may apply to the issuing justice,

or, if he is unavailable, to another justice, for an order of extension.

The period of extension shall be no longer than the justice deems

necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted and in no

event longer than thirty days. The application for an order of

extension must conform in all respects to the provisions of section

700.20 and, in addition, must contain a statement setting forth the

results thus far obtained from the interception, or a reasonable

explanation of the failure to obtain such results. The provisions of

sections 700.15 and 700.25 are applicable in the determination of such

application. The order of extension must conform in all respects to the

provisions of section 700.30. In the execution of such order of

extension the provisions of section 700.35 are applicable.

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