N.Y. Executive Law § 507-b: Placement and commitment; papers to be furnished

§ 507-b. Placement and commitment; papers to be furnished. 1. No

placement or commitment order to the division which recites the facts

upon which it was based shall be deemed or held to be invalid by reason

of any imperfection or defect in form.

2. The court shall immediately notify the division of the placement or

commitment of any youth therewith. The orders of the court and copies

of the probation report and all other relevant evaluative records in the

possession of the court, detention facility, and probation department

related to such youth, including but not limited to any diagnostic,

educational, medical, psychological and psychiatric records,

fingerprints, photographs, a certified copy of the sentence and any

pre-sentence memoranda filed with the court, where applicable, and

reports relating to assaults or other violent acts, attempts at suicide

or escape by the youth shall be delivered together with the youth or

earlier to a person authorized by the director to receive the child,

notwithstanding any contrary provision of law.

3. The court shall, before placing or committing any such youth,

inquire into and determine the age of the youth at the time of placement

or commitment, and the youth's age as so determined shall be stated in

the order. The statement of the age of such youth in such order shall

be conclusive evidence as to such age in any action to recover damages

for allegedly unlawful detention under such order, and shall be

presumptive evidence thereof in any other inquiry, action or proceeding

relating to such detention.

4. Notwithstanding the time frames provided in paragraph (b) of

subdivision four of section five hundred seven-a of this article, the

division may delay acceptance of a youth placed or committed to the

division in accordance with division regulations promulgated prior to

the effective date of this subdivision.