Family Court Act § 155-a · Part 5. General Powers
Admission to bail
Text — Law content up to date as of August 21, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 155-a. Admission to bail. A desk officer in charge at a police station, county jail or police headquarters, or any of his or her superior officers, may, in such place, take cash bail for his or her appearance before the appropriate court the next morning from any person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued by the family court; provided that such arrest occurs between eleven o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock the next morning, except that in the city of New York bail shall be taken between two o'clock in the afternoon and eight o'clock the next morning. The amount of such cash bail shall be the amount fixed in the warrant of arrest.
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