{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-680.10","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 680.10","heading":"Examination of witnesses on commission; in general","body":"§ 680.10  Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.\n  1.  Under circumstances prescribed in this article, testimony material\nto a trial or pending trial of an accusatory instrument which charges a\ncrime, may be taken by \"examination on a commission\" outside the state\nand received in evidence at such trial.\n  2.  A \"commission\" is a process issued by a superior court designating\none or more persons as commissioners and authorizing them to conduct a\nrecorded examination of a witness or witnesses under oath, primarily on\nthe basis of interrogatories annexed to the commission, and to remit to\nthe issuing court the transcript of such examination.","path":["Criminal Procedure Law","Part 3. Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures","Title S. Procedures For Securing Testimony For Future Use, and For Using Testi- Mony Given In a Prior Proceeding","Article 680. Securing Testimony Outside the State For Use In Proceeding Within the State-- Examination of Witnesses On Commission"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CPL/680.10","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"db74037979b4713d5d572d592851c546ba2deefee739239b6541be84ef907bb4","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-670.20","next":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-680.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}