{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-77-o","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 77-o","heading":"Role of law enforcement","body":"§ 77-o. Role of law enforcement. At the request of a prosecutor or\nother appropriate public official acting under section seventy-seven-n\nof this title, a law enforcement officer, as defined in subdivision\nthirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, may take any\nlawful action reasonably necessary to locate a child or a party and\nassist a prosecutor or appropriate public official with responsibilities\nunder section seventy-seven-n of this title.","path":["Domestic Relations Law","Article 5-A. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act","Title 3. Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/DOM/77-O","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"bd91bbd2aa41e92e1d5198d4575862ea3ce1e8f059b4134150bc014ce60d3854","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-77-n","next":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-77-p"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}