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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 120.40 — Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant of town court, village court or city court
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 120: Warrant of Arrest, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 120.40
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.
120.40 Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant
of town court, village court or city court.
A town court, village court or city court which issues a warrant of
arrest may attach thereto a duplicate copy of the underlying accusatory
instrument. If one or more duplicate copies of the warrant are issued,
such court may attach as many copies of such accusatory instrument to
copies of such warrant as it chooses. In any case where, pursuant to
subdivision five of section 120.90, a defendant arrested upon such a
warrant of arrest is brought before a local criminal court other than
the town court, village court or city court in which the warrant is
returnable, a copy of the accusatory instrument constitutes a valid
basis for arraignment, as provided in subdivision one of section 170.15.
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