Collection of fines, restitution or reparation imposed upon corporations
§ 420.20 Collection of fines, restitution or reparation imposed upon
corporations.
Where a corporation is sentenced to pay a fine, restitution or reparation, the fine, restitution or reparation must be paid at the time sentence is imposed. If the fine, restitution or reparation is not so paid, it may be collected in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action, and if execution issued upon such judgment be returned unsatisfied an action may be brought in the name of the people of the state of New York to procure a judgment sequestering the property of the corporation, as provided by the business corporation law. It is the duty of the attorney general in all criminal proceedings prosecuted by him, and, in all other proceedings, the county attorney for counties outside the city of New York, and, in the city of New York the corporation counsel of the city of New York, to institute proceedings to collect such fine, restitution or reparation.
A corporation must pay its fine/restitution/reparation at the time sentence is imposed. ★ If not, it's collected like a civil judgment; if execution comes back unsatisfied, the People may sue to sequester corporate property (Business Corporation Law). Who collects: the Attorney General (in AG-prosecuted cases), otherwise the county attorney (outside NYC) or the NYC corporation counsel. ★
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 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.