{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "680.10", "citation": "CPL § 680.10", "heading": "Examination of witnesses on commission; in general", "text": ["§ 680.10  Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.", "1.  Under circumstances prescribed in this article, testimony material to a trial or pending trial of an accusatory instrument which charges a crime, may be taken by \"examination on a commission\" outside the state and received in evidence at such trial.", "2.  A \"commission\" is a process issued by a superior court designating one or more persons as commissioners and authorizing them to conduct a recorded examination of a witness or witnesses under oath, primarily on the basis of interrogatories annexed to the commission, and to remit to the issuing court the transcript of such examination."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/680.10", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A superior court may issue a **commission** to take material testimony outside New York for use at a trial on a criminal charge. A commission appoints one or more people to **conduct and record an out-of-state examination under oath**, mainly from attached written questions, and return the transcript to the issuing court. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/680.10", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}