2015 New York Laws
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES
Title P - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT--RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL
Article 520 - (520.10 - 520.40) BAIL AND BAIL BONDS
520.10 - Bail and bail bonds; fixing of bail and authorized forms thereof.

520.10 Bail  and  bail  bonds;  fixing  of  bail  and authorized forms
           thereof.
1. The only authorized forms of bail are the following:
(a) Cash bail.
(b) An insurance company bail bond.
(c) A secured surety bond.
(d) A secured appearance bond.
(e) A partially secured surety bond.
(f) A partially secured appearance bond.
(g) An unsecured surety bond.
(h) An unsecured appearance bond.
(i)  Credit  card  or  similar   device;   provided,   however,   that
  notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, any person posting bail by
  credit card or similar device also may be required to pay  a  reasonable
  administrative  fee.  The amount of such administrative fee and the time
  and manner of its  payment  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  system
  established  pursuant  to  subdivision  four  of  section 150.30 of this
  chapter or paragraph (j) of  subdivision  two  of  section  two  hundred
  twelve of the judiciary law, as appropriate.
2. The methods of fixing bail are as follows:
(a)  A  court may designate the amount of the bail without designating
  the form or forms in which it may be posted. In such case, the bail  may
  be  posted in either of the forms specified in paragraphs (g) and (h) of
  subdivision one;
(b) The court may direct that the bail be posted in any one of two  or
  more  of  the  forms  specified  in  subdivision  one, designated in the
  alternative, and may designate different amounts varying with the forms;