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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 600.10 — Corporate defendants; securing attendance
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 600: Securing Attendance of Corporate Defendants and Related Matters, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 600.10
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.
600.10 Corporate defendants; securing attendance.
1. The court attendance of a corporation for purposes of commencing
or prosecuting a criminal action against it may be accomplished by the
issuance and service of a summons or an appearance ticket if such action
has been or is about to be commenced in a local criminal court, and by a
corporate summons if such action has been commenced in a superior court.
Such process must be served upon the corporation by delivery thereof to
an officer, director, managing or general agent, or cashier or assistant
cashier of such corporation or to any other agent of such corporation
authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process.
2. A "corporate summons" is a process issued by a superior court
directing a corporate defendant designated in an indictment to appear
before it at a designated future time in connection with such
indictment. A corporate summons must be generally in the form of a
summons as prescribed in subdivision two of section 130.10. A corporate
summons may be served by a public servant designated by the issuing
court, and may be served anywhere in the state.
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