Statutes > New York Statutes > CPL - Criminal Procedure > Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES > Title P - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS AND WITNESSES UNDER CONTROL OF COURT--RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL > Article 510 - (510.10 - 510.50) RECOGNIZANCE, BAIL AND COMMITMENT-DETERMINATION OF APPLICATION FOR RECOGNIZANCE OR BAIL, ISSUANCE OF SECURING ORDERS, AND RELATED MATTERS > 510.20 - Application for recognizance or bail; making and determination thereof in general.

510.20 - Application for recognizance or bail; making and determination thereof in general.

§ 510.20  Application for recognizance or bail; making and determination               thereof in general.    1.    Upon  any  occasion when a court is required to issue a securing  order with respect to a principal, or at any time when  a  principal  is  confined  in  the  custody  of  the  sheriff as a result of a previously  issued securing order, he may make an application  for  recognizance  or  bail.    2.    Upon  such  application,  the  principal  must  be  accorded  an  opportunity to be heard and to contend that an order of recognizance  or  bail  must or should issue, that the court should release him on his own  recognizance rather than fix bail, and that if bail is fixed  it  should  be in a suggested amount and form.