New York legal term
Simplified traffic information in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Simplified traffic information” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Simplified traffic information” mean in New York criminal law?
"Simplified traffic information" means a written accusation, more fully defined and described in article one hundred, by a police officer or other public servant authorized by law to issue same, filed with a local criminal court, which, being in a brief or simplified form prescribed by the commissioner of motor vehicles, charges a person with one or more traffic infractions or misdemeanors relating to traffic, and which may serve both to commence a criminal action for such offense and as a basis for prosecution thereof. * NB There are 2 sb 5's -- cannot be put together * 5. (N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 1.20)
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