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N.Y. CPL Law § 130.60

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Summons; fingerprinting of defendant

Official statutory text

§ 130.60 Summons; fingerprinting of defendant.\n 1. Upon the arraignment of a defendant whose court attendance has been\nsecured by the issuance and service of a summons, based upon an\nindictment, a prosecutor's information or upon an information, felony\ncomplaint or misdemeanor complaint filed by a complainant who is a\npolice officer, the court must, if an offense charged in the accusatory\ninstrument is one specified in subdivision one of section 160.10, direct\nthat the defendant be fingerprinted by the appropriate police officer or\nagency, and that he or she appear at an appropriate designated time and\nplace for such purpose.\n 2. Upon the arraignment of a defendant whose court attendance has been\nsecured by the issuance and service of a summons based upon an\ninformation or misdemeanor complaint filed by a complainant who is not a\npolice officer, and who has not previously been fingerprinted, the court\nmay, if it finds reasonable cause to believe that the defendant has\ncommitted an offense specified in subdivision one of section 160.10,\ndirect that the defendant be fingerprinted by the appropriate police\nofficer or agency and that he appear at an appropriate designated time\nand place for such purpose. A defendant whose court appearance has been\nsecured by the issuance and service of a criminal summons based upon a\nmisdemeanor complaint or information filed by a complainant who is not a\npolice officer, must be directed by the court, upon conviction of the\ndefendant, to be fingerprinted by the appropriate police officer or\nagency and the court must also direct that the defendant appear at an\nappropriate designated time and place for such purpose, if the defendant\nis convicted of any offense specified in subdivision one of section\n160.10.\n

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