Summons; by what courts issuable and in what courts returnable · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 130.20 Summons; by what courts issuable and in what courts returnable.
A summons may be issued only by the local criminal court or superior court with which the accusatory instrument underlying it has been filed, and it may be made returnable in such issuing court only.
A summons may be issued only by the local criminal court or superior court where the underlying accusatory instrument was filed, and it may be returnable only in that issuing court. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.