Section 527. Preliminary procedure on warrant  


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  • (a) When a respondent is
      taken into custody pursuant to a warrant issued by a family court  in  a
      county in New York city under section five hundred twenty-six, he or she
      shall be taken before the court issuing the warrant if the respondent is
      taken  into  custody  in  New York city. If the respondent is taken into
      custody in a county not within New York city, he or she shall  be  taken
      before a family court judge in that county.
        (b)  When  a  respondent  is  taken into custody pursuant to a warrant
      issued by a family court in a county not within the city of New York, he
      or she shall be taken before  the  court  issuing  the  warrant  if  the
      respondent  is taken into custody in the county in which the court sits.
      If the respondent is taken into custody in a different county, he or she
      shall be brought before a family court judge in that county.