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N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 570.56

Expense of extradition

2014-09-22

§ 570.56 Expense of extradition.\n The expenses of extradition must be borne by the county from which the\napplication for a requisition comes or, where the application is made by\nthe attorney general, by the county in which the offense was committed.\nIn the case of extradition of a person who has been convicted of a crime\nin this state and has escaped from a state prison or reformatory, the\nexpense of extradition shall be borne by the department of corrections\nand community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or\nher parole from a state prison or reformatory, the expense of\nextradition shall be borne by the state department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or her\nbail or probation, the expense of extradition shall be borne by the\ncounty. Where a person has been convicted but not yet confined to a\nprison, or has been sentenced for a felony to a county jail or\npenitentiary and escapes, the expenses of extradition shall be charged\nto the county from whose custody the escape is effected. Nothing in this\nsection shall preclude a county or the department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision, as the case may be, from collecting the expenses\ninvolved in extradition from the person who was extradited.\n

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