New York Civil Rights Law Article 3 - Privilege from Arrest

• 20 - No Imprisonment for Non-Payment of Costs in Certain Cases.
  A person shall not be arrested or imprisoned, for the non-payment of costs, awarded otherwise than by a final judgment, or a final order, made...
• 21 - No Imprisonment for Non-Payment of Money Pursuant to Judgment or Order Requiring Payment of Money Due Upon Contract.
  Except in a case where it is otherwise specially prescribed by law, a person shall not be arrested or imprisoned for disobedience to a judgment...
• 22 - Privilege of Officers and Prisoner From Arrest While Passing Through Another County.
  A prisoner conveyed to jail through another county by a sheriff or other officer pursuant to law, or the officer having him in custody, is...
• 23 - No Person to Be Arrested in Civil Proceedings Without a Statutory Provision.
  A person shall not be arrested in a civil action or special proceeding, except as prescribed by statute. The writ of ne exeat is abolished.
• 24 - Privilege From Arrest of Officers of Courts of Record.
  An officer of a court of record, appointed or elected pursuant to law, is privileged from arrest, during the actual sitting, which he is required...
• 25 - Witness Exempt From Arrest.
  A person duly and in good faith subpoenaed or ordered to attend, for the purpose of being examined, in a case where his attendance may...
• 26 - Action Against Officer Making Arrest of Exempt Person.
  An action may be maintained, by the person arrested, against the officer or other person making an arrest contrary to the provisions of the last...
• 27 - Discharge of Exempt Witness.
  Where a person has been arrested in violation of section twenty-five, a justice of the supreme court, a county judge or the court, if any,...

Last modified: February 3, 2019