Section 530.13. Protection of victims of crimes, other than family offenses  


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  • 1. When any criminal action is pending, and the court has not issued a
      temporary  order  of  protection  pursuant  to  section  530.12  of this
      article, the court, in addition to the other powers conferred upon it by
      this chapter, may for good  cause  shown  issue  a  temporary  order  of
      protection  in  conjunction  with  any  securing  order  committing  the
      defendant to the custody of the sheriff or as a condition of a pre-trial
      release, or as a condition of release  on  bail  or  an  adjournment  in
      contemplation of dismissal. In addition to any other conditions, such an
      order may require that the defendant:
        (a)  stay  away from the home, school, business or place of employment
      of the victims of, or designated witnesses to, the alleged offense;
        (b) refrain from harassing,  intimidating,  threatening  or  otherwise
      interfering  with the victims of the alleged offense and such members of
      the family or household of such victims or designated witnesses as shall
      be specifically named by the court in such order;
        (c) 1. to refrain from  intentionally  injuring  or  killing,  without
      justification,  any  companion  animal  the defendant knows to be owned,
      possessed, leased, kept or held by such victim or  victims  or  a  minor
      child residing in such victim's or victims' household.
        2.  "Companion  animal",  as used in this section, shall have the same
      meaning as in subdivision five of section three  hundred  fifty  of  the
      agriculture and markets law.
        In addition to the foregoing provisions, the court may issue an order,
      pursuant to section two hundred twenty-seven-c of the real property law,
      authorizing the party for whose benefit any order of protection has been
      issued  to terminate a lease or rental agreement pursuant to section two
      hundred twenty-seven-c of the real property law.
        2. The court may issue a temporary  order  of  protection  under  this
      section  ex  parte  upon  the filing of an accusatory instrument and for
      good cause shown.
        3. The court may issue or extend a temporary order of protection under
      this section ex parte simultaneously with the issuance of a warrant  for
      the  arrest  of  the  defendant.  Such temporary order of protection may
      continue in effect until the day the defendant subsequently  appears  in
      court pursuant to such warrant or voluntarily or otherwise.
        4. * Upon conviction of any offense, where the court has not issued an
      order  of  protection  pursuant  to  section 530.12 of this article, the
      court may, in addition to any other disposition, including a conditional
      discharge  or  youthful  offender  adjudication,  enter  an   order   of
      protection.  Where a temporary order of protection was issued, the court
      shall state on the record the reasons for  issuing  or  not  issuing  an
      order of protection. The duration of such an order shall be fixed by the
      court  and,  in  the  case  of a felony conviction, shall not exceed the
      greater of: (i) eight years from the date of such  conviction,  or  (ii)
      eight  years  from  the date of the expiration of the maximum term of an
      indeterminate or the term of  a  determinate  sentence  of  imprisonment
      actually  imposed;  or  in  the  case  of  a  conviction  for  a class A
      misdemeanor,  shall  not  exceed  five  years  from  the  date  of  such
      conviction;  or in the case of a conviction for any other offense, shall
      not exceed two years from  the  date  of  conviction.  For  purposes  of
      determining  the  duration of an order of protection entered pursuant to
      this subdivision, a conviction shall be deemed to include  a  conviction
      that  has been replaced by a youthful offender adjudication. In addition
      to any other conditions such an order may require that the defendant:
        * NB Effective until September 1, 2011
        * Upon conviction of any offense, where the court has  not  issued  an
      order  of  protection  pursuant  to  section 530.12 of this article, the
    
      court may, in addition to any other disposition, including a conditional
      discharge  or  youthful  offender  adjudication,  enter  an   order   of
      protection.  Where a temporary order of protection was issued, the court
      shall  state  on  the  record  the reasons for issuing or not issuing an
      order of protection. The duration of such an order shall be fixed by the
      court and, in the case of a felony  conviction,  shall  not  exceed  the
      greater  of:  (i)  five  years from the date of such conviction, or (ii)
      three years from the date of the expiration of the maximum  term  of  an
      indeterminate  sentence of imprisonment actually imposed; or in the case
      of a conviction for a class A misdemeanor, shall not exceed three  years
      from the date of such conviction; or in the case of a conviction for any
      other  offense,  shall  not exceed one year from the date of conviction.
      For purposes of determining the  duration  of  an  order  of  protection
      entered  pursuant  to  this subdivision, a conviction shall be deemed to
      include a conviction that has  been  replaced  by  a  youthful  offender
      adjudication.  In  addition  to  any  other conditions such an order may
      require that the defendant:
        * NB Effective September 1, 2011
        (a) stay away from the home, school, business or place  of  employment
      of  the victim or victims, or of any witness designated by the court, of
      such offense;
        (b) refrain from harassing,  intimidating,  threatening  or  otherwise
      interfering  with  the victim or victims of the offense and such members
      of the family or household  of  such  victim  or  victims  as  shall  be
      specifically named by the court in such order;
        (c)  1.  to  refrain  from  intentionally injuring or killing, without
      justification, any companion animal the defendant  knows  to  be  owned,
      possessed,  leased,  kept  or  held by such victim or victims or a minor
      child residing in such victim's or victims' household.
        2. "Companion animal", as used in this section, shall  have  the  same
      meaning  as  in  subdivision  five of section three hundred fifty of the
      agriculture and markets law.
        5. The court shall inquire as to the existence of any other orders  of
      protection  between the defendant and the person or persons for whom the
      order of protection is sought. An order of protection issued under  this
      section  shall plainly state the date that such order expires. Orders of
      protection issued to protect victims of domestic violence, as defined in
      section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law,  shall  be
      on  uniform  statewide  forms  that  shall  be  promulgated by the chief
      administrator of the courts in a manner to ensure the  compatibility  of
      such  forms  with  the  statewide  registry  of orders of protection and
      warrants established pursuant to section two hundred twenty-one-a of the
      executive law. A copy of an order of protection or a temporary order  of
      protection  issued  pursuant  to subdivision one, two, three, or four of
      this section shall be filed by the clerk of the court with the sheriff's
      office in the county in which such victim or victims reside, or, if  the
      victim  or  victims  reside within a city, with the police department of
      such city. A copy of such order of  protection  or  temporary  order  of
      protection may from time to time be filed by the clerk of the court with
      any  other  police department or sheriff's office having jurisdiction of
      the residence, work place, and school of anyone intended to be protected
      by such order. A copy of the order may also be filed by  the  victim  or
      victims  at the appropriate police department or sheriff's office having
      jurisdiction. Any subsequent amendment or revocation of such order shall
      be filed in the same manner as herein provided.
        6. In any proceeding in which an  order  of  protection  or  temporary
      order of protection or a warrant has been issued under this section, the
      clerk  of  the  court  shall  issue  to the victim and the defendant and
    
      defense counsel and to any other person affected by the order, a copy of
      the order of protection or temporary order of protection and ensure that
      a copy of the order of protection or temporary order  of  protection  be
      transmitted  to  the local correctional facility where the individual is
      or will be detained, the state or local correctional facility where  the
      individual  is  or  will  be  imprisoned,  and the supervising probation
      department or division of parole where the individual is under probation
      or parole supervision. The presentation of a copy of  such  order  or  a
      warrant  to  any  police officer or peace officer acting pursuant to his
      special duties shall constitute authority for him to arrest a person who
      has violated the terms of such order and bring such  person  before  the
      court  and,  otherwise,  so  far  as  lies  within  his power, to aid in
      securing the protection such order was intended to afford.
        7. Punishment for contempt based upon  a  violation  of  an  order  or
      protection  or  temporary  order of protection issued under this section
      shall not affect a pending criminal action, nor  reduce  or  diminish  a
      sentence upon conviction for any other crimes or offenses.
        8.  If a defendant is brought before the court for failure to obey any
      lawful order issued under this section and if, after hearing, the  court
      is  satisfied by competent proof that the defendant has willfully failed
      to obey any such order, the court may:
        (a) revoke an order of recognizance or bail and commit  the  defendant
      to custody; or
        (b)  restore  the  case  to  the  calendar  when  there  has  been  an
      adjournment in contemplation of dismissal and commit  the  defendant  to
      custody or impose or increase bail pending a trial of the original crime
      or violation; or
        (c)  revoke  a conditional discharge in accordance with section 410.70
      of this chapter and impose probation supervision or impose a sentence of
      imprisonment in accordance with the penal  law  based  on  the  original
      conviction; or
        (d) revoke probation in accordance with section 410.70 of this chapter
      and  impose  a sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law
      based on  the  original  conviction.  In  addition,  if  the  act  which
      constitutes  the violation of the order of protection or temporary order
      of protection is a crime or a violation the  defendant  may  be  charged
      with and tried for that crime or violation.
        9.  The chief administrator of the courts shall promulgate appropriate
      uniform temporary order of protection and order of protection  forms  to
      be used throughout the state.