STATE OF NEW YORK
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1604
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in
relation to notification of service of ex parte orders of protection
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new
2 section 530.13-a to read as follows:
3 § 530.13-a Notification of service of ex parte order of protection.
4 1. A complainant who is granted an ex parte order of protection by the
5 court and a complainant who requests that an ex parte order of
6 protection be granted by the court, who wishes to be notified when an ex
7 parte order of protection is served on the person against whom the
8 complaint is made, shall notify the court clerk of the manner in which
9 such complainant wishes to be notified. Notification by mail, tele-
10 phone, e-mail or other means of electronic communication shall be used
11 by the court, if requested, and if the court has the equipment to make
12 such communication. The court shall inform all complainants who are
13 granted an ex parte order of protection and who request an ex parte
14 order of protection of their right to be notified when the order of
15 protection is served.
16 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
17 police officer, peace officer or other person who serves an ex parte
18 order of protection on a person against whom a complaint has been made
19 shall immediately notify the clerk of the court which made said order
20 that the service has been made. After notification to the clerk of the
21 court that service of an ex parte order of protection has been made, or
22 upon service of such order by a court employee upon a person against
23 whom a complaint has been made, the clerk of the court which issued such
24 order shall notify the complainant immediately, in the manner specified
25 by the complainant, that such service has been made.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 153-d to
2 read as follows:
3 § 153-d. Notification of service of ex parte order of protection. 1.
4 A complainant who is granted an ex parte order of protection by the
5 court and a complainant who requests that an ex parte order of
6 protection be granted by the court, who wishes to be notified when an ex
7 parte order of protection is served on the person against whom the
8 complaint is made, shall notify the court clerk of the manner in which
9 such complainant wishes to be notified. Notification by mail, tele-
10 phone, e-mail or other means of electronic communication shall be used
11 by the court, if requested, and if the court has the equipment to make
12 such communication. The court shall inform all complainants who are
13 granted an ex parte order of protection and who request an ex parte
14 order of protection of their right to be notified when the order of
15 protection is served.
16 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
17 police officer, peace officer or other person who serves an ex parte
18 order of protection on a person against whom a complaint has been made
19 shall immediately notify the clerk of the court which made said order
20 that the service has been made. After notification to the clerk of the
21 court that service of an ex parte order of protection has been made, or
22 upon service of such order by a court employee upon a person against
23 whom a complaint has been made, the clerk of the court which issued such
24 order shall notify the complainant immediately, in the manner specified
25 by the complainant, that such service has been made.
26 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
27 have become a law.
