2022 New York Laws
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings
Title H - Preliminary Proceedings in Local Criminal Court
Article 140 - Arrest Without a Warrant
140.27 - Arrest Without a Warrant; When and How Made; Procedure After Arrest by Peace Officer.

Universal Citation:
NY Crim Pro L § 140.27 (2022)
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§  140.27  Arrest  without a warrant; when and how made; procedure after
             arrest by peace officer.
  1. The rules governing the manner in which a peace officer may make an
arrest, pursuant to section 140.25, are  the  same  as  those  governing
arrests by police officers, as prescribed in section 140.15.
  2.  Upon arresting a person without a warrant, a peace officer, except
as otherwise provided in subdivision  three  or  three-a,  must  without
unnecessary  delay  bring  him or cause him to be brought before a local
criminal court, as provided in section 100.55  and  subdivision  one  of
section  140.20,  and must without unnecessary delay file or cause to be
filed therewith an appropriate accusatory  instrument.  If  the  offense
which  is  the  subject  of  the  arrest  is  one  of those specified in
subdivision  one  of  section  160.10,  the  arrested  person  must   be
fingerprinted  and photographed as therein provided. In order to execute
the required post-arrest functions, such  arresting  peace  officer  may
perform  such  functions  himself  or  he may enlist the aid of a police
officer  for  the  performance  thereof  in  the  manner   provided   in
subdivision one of section 140.20.
  3. If (a) the arrest is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D
felony  or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19
or 215.56 of the penal law and (b) owing to unavailability  of  a  local
criminal  court  such  peace  officer  is  unable  to bring or cause the
arrested person to be  brought  before  such  a  court  with  reasonable
promptness, the arrested person must be brought to an appropriate police
station,  county jail or police headquarters where he must be dealt with
in the manner prescribed in subdivision three of section 140.20,  as  if
he had been arrested by a police officer.
  3-a.  If  the arrest is for a juvenile offender or adolescent offender
other than  an  arrest  for  violations  or  traffic  infractions,  such
offender  shall  be brought before the youth part of the superior court.
If the youth part is not in session,  such  offender  shall  be  brought
before  the  most  accessible  magistrate  designated  by  the appellate
division of the supreme court in the applicable department to act  as  a
youth part.
  4.  If  the  arrest  is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D
felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17,  205.19
or  215.56  of  the  penal  law, the arrested person need not be brought
before a local criminal court as provided in subdivision  two,  and  the
procedure may instead be as follows:

(a) The arresting peace officer, where he is specially authorized by law to issue and serve an appearance ticket, may issue and serve an appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release him from custody; or

(b) The arresting peace officer, where he is not specially authorized by law to issue and serve an appearance ticket, may enlist the aid of a police officer and request that such officer issue and serve an appearance ticket upon the arrested person, and upon such issuance and service the latter must be released from custody. 5. Upon arresting a juvenile offender or a person sixteen or commencing October first, two thousand nineteen, seventeen years of age without a warrant, the peace officer shall immediately notify the parent or other person legally responsible for his or her care or the person with whom he or she is domiciled, that such offender or person has been arrested, and the location of the facility where he or she is being detained. If the officer determines that it is necessary to question a juvenile offender or such person, the officer must take him or her to a facility designated by the chief administrator of the courts as a suitable place for the questioning of children or, upon the consent of a parent or other person legally responsible for the care of a juvenile offender or such person, to his or her residence and there question him or her for a reasonable period of time. A juvenile offender or such person shall not be questioned pursuant to this section unless the juvenile offender or such person and a person required to be notified pursuant to this subdivision, if present, have been advised:

(a) of his or her right to remain silent;

(b) that the statements made by the juvenile offender or such person may be used in a court of law;

(c) of his or her right to have an attorney present at such questioning; and

(d) of his or her right to have an attorney provided for him or her without charge if he or she is unable to afford counsel. In determining the suitability of questioning and determining the reasonable period of time for questioning such a juvenile offender or such person, his or her age, the presence or absence of his or her parents or other persons legally responsible for his or her care and notification pursuant to this subdivision shall be included among relevant considerations.

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