Commitment to await requisition; bail · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.36 Commitment to await requisition; bail.
If from the examination before the local criminal court it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, and, except in cases arising under section 570.14 or 570.16, that he has fled from justice, the local criminal court must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in the next section, or until he shall be legally discharged.
If the examination shows that the person held is the person charged and, except under § 570.14 or § 570.16, fled from justice, the local criminal court must commit the person to county jail for no more than 30 days to await arrest under the governor’s warrant, unless the person posts bail under the next section or is legally discharged. ★
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.