{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "570.56", "citation": "CPL § 570.56", "heading": "Expense of extradition", "text": ["§ 570.56 Expense of extradition.", "The expenses of extradition must be borne by the county from which the application for a requisition comes or, where the application is made by the attorney general, by the county in which the offense was committed. In the case of extradition of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from a state prison or reformatory, the expense of extradition shall be borne by the department of corrections and community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or her parole from a state prison or reformatory, the expense of extradition shall be borne by the state department of corrections and community supervision. Where a person has broken the terms of his or her bail or probation, the expense of extradition shall be borne by the county. Where a person has been convicted but not yet confined to a prison, or has been sentenced for a felony to a county jail or penitentiary and escapes, the expenses of extradition shall be charged to the county from whose custody the escape is effected. Nothing in this section shall preclude a county or the department of corrections and community supervision, as the case may be, from collecting the expenses involved in extradition from the person who was extradited."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/570.56", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Extradition expenses are allocated by who applies and why the person is being returned.\n\n- Ordinarily, **the county from which the application comes** pays; if the **attorney general** applies, **the county where the offense was committed** pays. ★\n- For a convicted person who **escaped from a state prison or reformatory**, or who **broke parole** from one, the **Department of Corrections and Community Supervision** pays. ★\n- For a **bail or probation** violation, **the county** pays.\n- For a person **convicted but not yet confined to prison**, or **sentenced for a felony to a county jail or penitentiary**, who escapes, **the county from whose custody the escape occurred** pays.\n- The county or the department **may collect the expenses from the extradited person**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/570.56", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}