2010 New York Code
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES
Title R - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
Article 610 - (610.10 - 610.50) SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES BY SUBPOENA
610.30 - Securing attendance of witnesses by subpoena; where subpoena may be served.

§  610.30   Securing attendance of witnesses by subpoena; where subpoena
               may be served.
    1.   A subpoena of any criminal  court,  issued  pursuant  to  section
  610.20,  may be served anywhere in the county of issuance or anywhere in
  an adjoining county.
    2.   A subpoena of a superior court  or  of  a  superior  court  judge
  sitting  as  a  local criminal court, issued pursuant to section 610.20,
  may be served anywhere in the state.
    3.  A subpoena of a district court or of the New  York  City  criminal
  court,  issued pursuant to section 610.20, may be served anywhere in the
  state; provided that, if such subpoena is issued by a prosecutor  or  by
  an attorney for a defendant, it may be served in a county other than the
  county  of  issuance  or  an  adjoining  county only if such court, upon
  application of such prosecutor or attorney, endorses upon such  subpoena
  an order for the attendance of the witness.
    4.    A  subpoena  of a city court or a town court or a village court,
  issued pursuant to section 610.20, may be served in a county other  than
  the  one  of  issuance  or  an adjoining county if a judge of a superior
  court, upon application of the issuing court or the district attorney or
  an attorney for the defendant, endorses upon such subpoena an order  for
  the attendance of the witness.

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