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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.32 — Arrest of accused before making of requisition
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 570: Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are Outside the State But Within the United States--rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Defendants Within the State--uniform Criminal Extradition Act, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.32
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.
570.32 Arrest of accused before making of requisition.
Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of
any credible person before any local criminal court of this state with
the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases
arising under section 570.14 or 570.16, with having fled from justice,
or, with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having
escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail,
probation or parole, or, whenever complaint shall have been made before
any local criminal court in this state setting forth on the affidavit of
any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in
such other state and that the accused has been charged in such other
state with the commission of the crime, and, except in cases arising
under section 570.14 or 570.16, has fled from justice, or with having
been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from
confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole
and is believed to be in this state, the local criminal court shall
issue a warrant directed to any police officer directing him to
apprehend the person named therein, wherever he may be found in this
state, and to bring him before the same or any other local criminal
court which may be available in or convenient of access to the place
where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and
affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and
affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to such
warrant.
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