{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-1106","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Real Property Actions \u0026 Proceedings Law § 1106","heading":"Habeas corpus","body":"§ 1106. Habeas corpus. If it appears, by affidavit, to the\nsatisfaction of the court, that the person required to be produced is\nimprisoned within the state, for any cause, except upon a sentence for a\nfelony, or is kept or detained, within the state, by any person, the\ncourt may, either before or after making the order for production, issue\na writ of habeas corpus to bring him before it, or before the referee,\nas the case requires. The writ must be served and executed, and\ndisobedience thereto may be punished, as where a writ of habeas corpus\nis issued, to inquire into the cause of the detention of a prisoner.","path":["Real Property Actions \u0026 Proceedings Law","Article 11. Proceeding to Discover the Death of a Tenant For Life"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RPA/1106","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"88b31a00964bbccba2c6afd4ee8bce15530bc3b93a2fccbed55d1b5c6db82a42","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-1105","next":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-1107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}