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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.40 — Fingerprinting; transmission of report received by police
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 160: Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--criminal Identification Records and Statistics, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.40
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.
160.40 Fingerprinting; transmission of report received by police.
1. Upon receipt of a report of the division of criminal justice
services as provided in section 160.30, the recipient police officer or
agency must promptly transmit such report or a copy thereof to the
district attorney of the county and two copies thereof to the court in
which the action is pending.
2. Upon receipt of such report the court shall furnish a copy thereof
to counsel for the defendant or, if the defendant is not represented by
counsel, to the defendant.
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