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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.
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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