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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.35 — Prosecutor's information; form and content

Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)

Part of Article 100: Commencement of Action In Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of a Superior Court--accusatory Instruments, New York Criminal Procedure Law.

Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.35

Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.35Primary source, current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
100.35 Prosecutor's information; form and content. A prosecutor's information must contain the name of the local criminal court with which it is filed and the title of the action, and must be subscribed by the district attorney by whom it is filed. Otherwise it should be in the form prescribed for an indictment, pursuant to section 200.50, and must, in one or more counts, allege the offense or offenses charged and a plain and concise statement of the conduct constituting each such offense. The rules prescribed in sections 200.20 and 200.40 governing joinder of different offenses and defendants in a single indictment are also applicable to a prosecutor's information.

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