Court ordered disclosure · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 460.80 Court ordered disclosure.
Notwithstanding the provisions of article two hundred forty-five of the criminal procedure law, when forfeiture is sought pursuant to section 460.30 of this article, the court may order discovery of any property not otherwise disclosed which is material and reasonably necessary for preparation by the defendant with respect to the forfeiture proceeding pursuant to such section. The court may issue a protective order denying, limiting, conditioning, delaying or regulating such discovery where a danger to the integrity of physical evidence or a substantial risk of physical harm, intimidation, economic reprisal, bribery or unjustified annoyance or embarrassment to any person or an adverse effect upon the legitimate needs of law enforcement, including the protection of the confidentiality of informants, or any other factor or set of factors outweighs the usefulness of the discovery.
When forfeiture is sought under § 460.30, the court may order disclosure of otherwise undisclosed property that is material and reasonably necessary for the defendant to prepare for the forfeiture proceeding. ★ The court may deny, limit, condition, delay, or regulate discovery when risks to evidence, safety, intimidation, retaliation, bribery, privacy, law enforcement, informant confidentiality, or other factors outweigh its usefulness.
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 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.