N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 700.55: Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; custody of warrants, applications and recordings

§ 700.55 Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; custody of

warrants, applications and recordings.

1. Applications made and warrants issued under this article shall be

sealed by the justice. Any eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant,

together with a copy of papers upon which the application is based,

shall be delivered to and retained by the applicant as authority for the

eavesdropping or video surveillance authorized therein. A copy of such

eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant, together with all the

original papers upon which the application was based, must be retained

by the justice issuing the same, and, in the event of the denial of an

application for such an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant, a

copy of the papers upon which the application was based must be retained

by the justice denying the same. Such applications and warrants may be

disclosed only upon a showing of good cause before a court and may not

be destroyed except on order of the issuing or denying justice, and in

any event must be kept for ten years.

2. Custody of the recordings made pursuant to subdivision three of

section 700.35 may be wherever the justice orders. They may not be

destroyed except upon an order of the justice who issued the warrant and

in any event must be kept for ten years. Duplicate recordings may be

made for use or disclosure pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions

one and two of section 700.65 for investigations.