Regulation of electronic appearances by the chief administrator · as in force on May 31, 2026
* § 182.30 Regulation of electronic appearances by the chief
administrator.
The chief administrator of the courts shall adopt rules to regulate the conduct of electronic appearances pursuant to this article that shall, among other provisions, be designed to: (a) provide appropriate access to electronic appearances by crime victims and their families, family members of defendants, the media and other members of the public; provided that such appropriate access shall be limited to the means of projecting a proceeding being conducted entirely by electronic appearances in a publicly accessible area of a courthouse or by projecting the electronic appearances of a proceeding comprised of both in-person physical appearances and electronic appearances in the courtroom in which the proceeding is taking place; and (b) ensure that any system for arraignments provides a full and fair opportunity for any defendant, without prejudice, to choose to have an arraignment conducted with the defendant physically present, rather than through an electronic appearance.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2028
The chief administrator of the courts must make rules for electronic appearances that give appropriate courthouse-based public access for victims, families, media, and others, and that give every defendant a full, fair, and prejudice-free choice of an in-person arraignment instead. ★ This section is marked repealed September 1, 2028.
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.