{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "600.10", "citation": "CPL § 600.10", "heading": "Corporate defendants; securing attendance", "text": ["§ 600.10  Corporate defendants; securing attendance.", "1.  The court attendance of a corporation for purposes of commencing or prosecuting a criminal action against it may be accomplished by the issuance and service of a summons or an appearance ticket if such action has been or is about to be commenced in a local criminal court, and by a corporate summons if such action has been commenced in a superior court. Such process must be served upon the corporation by delivery thereof to an officer, director, managing or general agent, or cashier or assistant cashier of such corporation or to any other agent of such corporation authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process.", "2.  A \"corporate summons\" is a process issued by a superior court directing a corporate defendant designated in an indictment to appear before it at a designated future time in connection with such indictment.  A corporate summons must be generally in the form of a summons as prescribed in subdivision two of section 130.10.  A corporate summons may be served by a public servant designated by the issuing court, and may be served anywhere in the state."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/600.10", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A corporation is brought into court in a criminal action by serving process on a person authorized to receive it for the corporation.\n- **(1)** In a case commenced or about to be commenced in a **local criminal court**, attendance is secured by a **summons or an appearance ticket**; in a case commenced in a **superior court**, by a **corporate summons**. ★ Process must be **delivered to an officer, director, managing or general agent, cashier or assistant cashier**, or any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service.\n- **(2)** A **corporate summons** is process issued by a superior court directing a corporate defendant named in an indictment to appear at a designated future time. It must generally follow the summons form in **§ 130.10(2)**, may be served by a **public servant the issuing court designates**, and may be served **anywhere in the state**. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/600.10", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}