New York § 798 - 798Remitting fines and penalties and discharging recognizances
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 798 — 798Remitting fines and penalties and discharging recognizances, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 798. 798Remitting fines and penalties and discharging recognizances
§ 798. Remitting fines and penalties and discharging recognizances. Upon the application of a person, who has been fined by a court, or of a person whose recognizance has become forfeited, or of his surety or of a person who has posted cash bail, or bail by credit card or similar device which has been forfeited, the county court of the county in which the term of the court was held, where the fine was imposed, or the recognizance taken, may, except as otherwise prescribed in section seven hundred and ninety-nine; upon good cause shown, and upon such terms as it deems just, make an order, remitting the fine, wholly or partly, or the forfeiture of the recognizance, or part of the penalty thereof; or it may discharge the recognizance. If a fine so remitted has been paid, the county treasurer, or other officer, in whose hands the money remains, must pay the same, or the part remitted, according to the order.
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Section 798 ("798Remitting fines and penalties and discharging recognizances") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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