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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 420.20 — Collection of fines, restitution or reparation imposed upon corporations
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 420: Fines, Restitution and Reparation, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 420.20
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
420.20 Collection of fines, restitution or reparation imposed upon
corporations.
Where a corporation is sentenced to pay a fine, restitution or
reparation, the fine, restitution or reparation must be paid at the time
sentence is imposed. If the fine, restitution or reparation is not so
paid, it may be collected in the same manner as a judgment in a civil
action, and if execution issued upon such judgment be returned
unsatisfied an action may be brought in the name of the people of the
state of New York to procure a judgment sequestering the property of the
corporation, as provided by the business corporation law. It is the
duty of the attorney general in all criminal proceedings prosecuted by
him, and, in all other proceedings, the county attorney for counties
outside the city of New York, and, in the city of New York the
corporation counsel of the city of New York, to institute proceedings to
collect such fine, restitution or reparation.
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