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SECTION 527
Preliminary procedure on warrant
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5, PART 2
§ 527. Preliminary procedure on warrant. (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.