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Article 120: Warrant of Arrest

New York Criminal Procedure Law – 2026

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Article 1: Short Title, Applicability and Definitions Article 2: Peace Officers Article 10: The Criminal Courts Article 20: Geographical Jurisdiction of Offenses Article 30: Timeliness of Prosecutions and Speedy Trial Article 40: Exemption From Prosecution By Reason of Previous Prosecution Article 50: Compulsion of Evidence By Offer of Immunity Article 60: Rules of Evidence and Related Matters Article 65: Use of Closed-circuit Television For Certain Child Witnesses Article 70: Standards of Proof Article 95: Pre-criminal Proceeding Settlements Article 100: Commencement of Action In Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of a Superior Court--accusatory Instruments Article 110: Requiring Defendant's Appearance In Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of Superior Court For Arraignment Article 120: Warrant of Arrest Article 130: The Summons Article 140: Arrest Without a Warrant Article 150: The Appearance Ticket Article 160: Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--criminal Identification Records and Statistics Article 170: Proceedings Upon Information, Simplified Traffic Information, Prosecutor's Information and Misdemeanor Complaint From Arraignment to Plea Article 180: Proceedings Upon Felony Complaint From Arraignment Thereon Through Disposition Thereof Article 182: Electronic Court Appearances Article 185: Alternate Method of Arraignment Article 190: The Grand Jury and Its Proceedings Article 195: Waiver of Indictment Article 200: Indictment and Related Instruments Article 210: Proceedings In Superior Court From Filing of Indictment to Plea Article 215: Adjournment In Contemplation of Dismissal For Purposes of Referring Selected Felonies to Dispute Resolution Article 216: Judicial Diversion Program For Certain Felony Offenders Article 220: The Plea Article 230: Removal of Action Article 245: Discovery Article 250: Pre-trial Notices of Defenses Article 255: Pre-trial Motions Article 260: Jury Trial--generally Article 270: Jury Trial--formation and Conduct of Jury Article 280: Jury Trial---motion For a Mistrial Article 290: Jury Trial--trial Order of Dismissal Article 300: Jury Trial--court's Charge and Instructions to Jury Article 310: Jury Trial--deliberation and Verdict of Jury Article 320: Waiver of Jury Trial and Conduct of Non-jury Trial Article 330: Proceedings From Verdict to Sentence Article 340: Pre-trial Proceedings Article 350: Non-jury Trials Article 360: Jury Trial Article 370: Proceedings From Verdict to Sentence Article 380: Sentencing In General Article 390: Pre-sentence Reports Article 400: Pre-sentence Proceedings Article 410: Sentences of Probation, Conditional Discharge and Parole Supervision Article 420: Fines, Restitution and Reparation Article 430: Sentences of Imprisonment Article 440: Post-judgment Motions Article 450: Appeals--in What Cases Authorized and to What Courts Taken Article 460: Appeals--taking and Perfection Thereof and Stays During Pendency Thereof Article 470: Appeals--determination Thereof Article 500: Recognizance, Bail and Commitment--definitions of Terms Article 510: Recognizance, Bail and Commitment-- Determination of Application For Recognizance or Bail, Issuance of Securing Orders, and Related Matters Article 520: Bail and Bail Bonds Article 530: Orders of Recognizance or Bail With Respect to Defendants In Criminal Actions and Proceedings--when and By What Courts Authorized Article 540: Forfeiture of Bail and Remission Thereof Article 610: Securing Attendance of Witnesses By Subpoena Article 620: Securing Attendance of Witnesses By Material Witness Order Article 630: Securing Attendance As Witnesses of Persons Confined In Institutions Within the State Article 640: Securing Attendance As Witnesses of Persons At Liberty Outside the State--rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Witnesses At Liberty Within the State--uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses From Without the State In Criminal Cases Article 650: Securing Attendance As Witnesses of Prisoners Confined In Institutions of Other Jurisdictions of the United States-- Rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Prisoners Confined In Institutions Within the State Article 660: Securing Testimony For Use In a Subsequent Proceeding--examination of Witnesses Conditionally Article 670: Use In a Criminal Proceeding of Testimony Given In a Previous Proceeding Article 680: Securing Testimony Outside the State For Use In Proceeding Within the State-- Examination of Witnesses On Commission Article 690: Search Warrants Article 700: Eavesdropping and Video Surveillance Warrants Article 705: Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices Article 710: Motion to Suppress Evidence Article 715: Destruction of Dangerous Drugs Article 720: Youthful Offender Procedure Article 722: Proceedings Against Juvenile Offenders and Adolescent Offenders; Establishment of Youth Part and Related Procedures Article 725: Removal of Proceeding Against Juvenile Offender to Family Court Article 730: Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed
Rule 120.10 Warrant of arrest; definition, function, form and content Rule 120.20 Warrant of arrest; when issuable Rule 120.30 Warrant of arrest; by what courts issuable and in what courts returnable Rule 120.40 Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant of town court, village court or city court Rule 120.50 Warrant of arrest; to what police officers addressed Rule 120.55 Warrant of arrest; defendant under parole or probation supervision Rule 120.60 Warrant of arrest; what police officers may execute Rule 120.70 Warrant of arrest; where executable Rule 120.80 Warrant of arrest; when and how executed Rule 120.85 Child-sensitive arrests Rule 120.90 Warrant of arrest; procedure after arrest