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SECTION 570.42
Bail; when forfeited
Criminal Procedure (CPL) CHAPTER 11-A, PART 3, TITLE Q, ARTICLE 570
§ 570.42 Bail; when forfeited.

If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender
himself according to the conditions of his bond or undertaking, the
justice of the supreme court or county judge, by proper order, shall
declare the bond forfeited and order his immediate arrest without
warrant if he be within this state. Recovery may be had on such bond or
undertaking in the name of the state as in the case of other bonds or
undertakings given by the accused in criminal proceedings within this
state.