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
520.15 - Bail and bail bonds; posting of cash bail.

520.15  Bail and bail bonds; posting of cash bail.
1. Where a court has fixed bail pursuant to subdivision two of section
  520.10,  at  any  time  after  the  principal  has been committed to the
  custody of the sheriff pending the posting thereof,  cash  bail  in  the
  amount  designated  in  the  order fixing bail may be posted even though
  such bail was not specified in such order.  Cash bail may  be  deposited
  with (a) the county treasurer of the county in which the criminal action
  or  proceeding  is  pending  or,  in  the  city  of  New  York  with the
  commissioner of finance, or (b) the court which issued  such  order,  or
  (c) the sheriff in whose custody the principal has been committed.  Upon
  proof  of  the  deposit  of  the designated amount the principal must be
  forthwith released from custody.
2. The person posting cash bail must complete and sign  a  form  which
  states  (a)  the name, residential address and occupation of each person
  posting cash  bail;  and  (b)  the  title  of  the  criminal  action  or
  proceeding  involved;  and  (c)  the  offense  or offenses which are the
  subjects of the action or proceeding involved, and the  status  of  such
  action  or  proceeding; and (d) the name of the principal and the nature
  of his involvement in or connection with such action or proceeding;  and
  (e)  that  the  person  or  persons posting cash bail undertake that the
  principal will appear in such action or proceeding whenever required and
  will at all times render himself amenable to the orders and processes of
  the court; and (f) the date of the principal's next appearance in court;
  and (g) an acknowledgement that the cash bail will be forfeited  if  the
  principal  does  not  comply with any requirement or order of process to
  appear in court; and (h) the amount of money posted as cash bail.
3. Money posted as cash bail is and shall remain the property  of  the
  person posting it unless forfeited to the court.