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THE PEOPLE FAILED TO TIMELY REDUCE THE BOND OBLIGATION TO A JUDGMENT, THEREFORE THE SURETY’S MOTION TO VACATE THE JUDGMENT FORFEITING THE $100,000 BAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Renwick, determined the surety’s motion to vacate a judgment forfeiting $100,000 bail should have been granted. Although the surety’s (Empire’s) motion was untimely, the People had failed to timely reduce the bond obligation to a judgment. The opinion is too detailed to fairly summarize here:

In this special proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR 5015 by a surety of a defendant in a criminal case, the dispositive question is whether a surety is procedurally precluded from moving to vacate a judgment of bail forfeiture as untimely made. The People argue that the application is precluded because the surety did not move within the one-year time limit applicable to a motion for remission of the forfeiture, which, as set forth in CPL 540.30(2), “must be made within one year after the forfeiture of bail is declared.” We answer the question in the negative because the People must first comply with the statutory mandate of CPL 540.10(2) before they can raise the one-year statute of limitations of CPL 540.30(2). The People did not comply with CPLR 540.10(2), which requires the People to reduce a bond obligation to a judgment within 120 days after the forfeiture is declared by the court. People v Empire Bonding & Ins. Co., 2021 NY Slip Op 03120, First Dept 5-13-21

 

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