N.Y. FCT Law § 526
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Issuance of warrant
Official statutory text
§ 526. Issuance of warrant. The court may issue a warrant, directing\nthat the respondent be arrested and brought before the court, when a\npetition is presented to the court under section five hundred\ntwenty-three and it appears that\n (a) the summons cannot be served; or\n (b) the respondent has failed to obey the summons; or\n (c) the respondent is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or\n (d) a summons, in the court's opinion, would be ineffectual; or\n (e) the safety of the petitioner is endangered; or\n (f) a respondent on bail or on parole has failed to appear.\n
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