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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 700.40 — Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; order of extension

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

Part of Article 700: Eavesdropping and Video Surveillance Warrants, New York Criminal Procedure Law.

Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 700.40

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.

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 700.40Primary source, current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
700.40 Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; order of extension. At any time prior to the expiration of an eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant, the applicant may apply to the issuing justice, or, if he is unavailable, to another justice, for an order of extension. The period of extension shall be no longer than the justice deems necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted and in no event longer than thirty days. The application for an order of extension must conform in all respects to the provisions of section 700.20 and, in addition, must contain a statement setting forth the results thus far obtained from the interception, or a reasonable explanation of the failure to obtain such results. The provisions of sections 700.15 and 700.25 are applicable in the determination of such application. The order of extension must conform in all respects to the provisions of section 700.30. In the execution of such order of extension the provisions of section 700.35 are applicable.

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