New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 526. Issuance of warrant. The court may issue a warrant, directing
that the respondent be arrested and brought before the court, when a
petition is presented to the court under section five hundred
twenty-three and it appears that
(a) the summons cannot be served; or
(b) the respondent has failed to obey the summons; or
(c) the respondent is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or
(d) a summons, in the court's opinion, would be ineffectual; or
(e) the safety of the petitioner is endangered; or
(f) a respondent on bail or on parole has failed to appear.
