CPL 130.20 · Article 130. The Summons
Summons; by what courts issuable and in what courts returnable
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§ 130.20 Summons; by what courts issuable and in what courts returnable.
A summons may be issued only by the local criminal court or superior court with which the accusatory instrument underlying it has been filed, and it may be made returnable in such issuing court only.
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