Section 150.40. Appearance ticket; where returnable; how and where served

1.  An  appearance  ticket must be made returnable in a local criminal
  court designated in section 100.55 as one with which an information  for
  the offense in question may be filed.
    2.  An  appearance  ticket,  other  than  one  issued  for  a  traffic
  infraction relating to parking, must be served personally,  except  that
  an  appearance  ticket  issued  for  the  violation  of  a  local zoning
  ordinance or local zoning law, or of a building or sanitation  code  may
  be  served  in  any  manner  authorized  for service under section three
  hundred eight of the civil practice law and rules.
    3. An appearance ticket may be served anywhere in the county in  which
  the  designated  offense  was  allegedly  committed  or in any adjoining
  county, and may be served elsewhere as prescribed in subdivision four.
    4. A police officer may, for the  purpose  of  serving  an  appearance
  ticket upon a person, follow him in continuous close pursuit, commencing
  either in the county in which the alleged offense was committed or in an
  adjoining  county, in and through any county of the state, and may serve
  such appearance ticket upon him in any county in which he overtakes him.