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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 410.20 — Modification or enlargement of conditions

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

Part of Article 410: Sentences of Probation, Conditional Discharge and Parole Supervision, New York Criminal Procedure Law.

Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 410.20

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 § 410.20Primary source, current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
410.20 Modification or enlargement of conditions. 1. The court may modify or enlarge the conditions of a sentence of probation or of conditional discharge at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the period of the sentence. Such action may not, however, be taken unless the defendant is personally present, except that the defendant need not be present if the modification consists solely of the elimination or relaxation of one or more conditions. Whenever the defendant has not been present, the court shall notify the defendant in writing within twenty days of such modification specifying the nature of the elimination or relaxation of such condition or conditions and the effective date thereof. In any such case the modification or enlargement may be specified in the same manner as the conditions originally imposed and becomes part of the sentence. 2. The procedure set forth in this section applies to the imposition of an additional period of conditional discharge as authorized by subdivision three of section 65.05 of the penal law.

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