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540.10 – 540.10 | New York Law

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540.10 – 540.10

New York Criminal Procedure § 540.10

Statute Summary

NY CPL § 540.10 - Forfeiture of bail; generally 1. If, without sufficient excuse, a principal does not appear when required or does not render himself amenable to the orders and processes of the criminal court wherein bail has been posted, the court must enter such facts upon its minutes and the bail bond or the cash bail, as the case may be, is thereupon forfeited. 2. If the principal appears at any time before the final adjournment of the court, and satisfactorily excuses h

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