Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.58 Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions.
A person brought into this state on or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which he is being or has been returned until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradicted.
A person brought into New York by extradition or waiver cannot be personally served in a civil case arising from the same facts until convicted in the criminal case or, if acquitted, until given a reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which the person was extradited. ★
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.