CPL § 160.40

Fingerprinting; transmission of report received by police

§ 160.40 Fingerprinting; transmission of report received by police.

1. Upon receipt of a report of the division of criminal justice services as provided in section 160.30, the recipient police officer or agency must promptly transmit such report or a copy thereof to the district attorney of the county and two copies thereof to the court in which the action is pending.

2. Upon receipt of such report the court shall furnish a copy thereof to counsel for the defendant or, if the defendant is not represented by counsel, to the defendant.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/160.40

In plain English

The police who got the DCJS report must promptly send it to:

The court then gives a copy to defense counsel (or to the defendant if unrepresented). ★

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.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.