2023 New York Laws › CPL - Criminal Procedure › Part 3 - Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures › Title P - Procedures for Securing Attendance at Criminal Actions and Proceedings of Defendants and Witnesses Under Control of Court--Recognizance, Bail › Article 520 - Bail and Bail Bonds › 520.30 - Bail and Bail Bonds; Examination as to Sufficiency.

§ 520.30 Bail and bail bonds; examination as to sufficiency.
1.  Following  the posting of a bail bond and the justifying affidavit
or affidavits or the posting of cash bail,  the  court  may  conduct  an
inquiry  for  the purpose of determining the reliability of the obligors
or person posting cash bail, the value and sufficiency of  any  security
offered,  and  whether any feature of the undertaking contravenes public
policy; provided that before undertaking an inquiry, of a person posting
cash bail the court, after application of the  district  attorney,  must
have  had  reasonable cause to believe that the person posting cash bail
is not in rightful possession of money posted as cash bail or that  such
money  constitutes the fruits of criminal or unlawful conduct. The court
may inquire into any matter stated or  required  to  be  stated  in  the
justifying   affidavits,   and  may  also  inquire  into  other  matters
appropriate to the determination, which include but are not  limited  to
the following:
(a)  The  background, character and reputation of any obligor, and, in
the case of an insurance company bail bond, the  qualifications  of  the
surety-obligor and its executing agent; and
(b)  The  source  of any money or property deposited by any obligor as
security, and whether any such money or property constitutes the  fruits
of criminal or unlawful conduct; and
(c)  The  source  of  any  money or property delivered or agreed to be
delivered to any obligor as indemnification on the bond, and whether any
such money or property constitutes the fruits of  criminal  or  unlawful
conduct; and
(d)  The  background,  character  and reputation of any person who has
indemnified or agreed to indemnify an obligor upon the bond; and whether
any such  indemnitor,  not  being  licensed  by  the  superintendent  of
financial  services  in  accordance with the insurance law, has within a
period  of  one  month  prior  to  such  indemnity   transaction   given
indemnification  or security for like purpose in more than two cases not
arising out of the same transaction; and
(e) The source of any money posted as cash bail, and whether any  such
money constitutes the fruits of criminal or unlawful conduct;
(f)  The  background,  character  and reputation of the person posting
cash bail.
2. Upon such inquiry, the court may examine, under oath or  otherwise,
the obligors and any other persons who may possess material information.
The  district  attorney  has  a  right  to  attend such inquiry, to call
witnesses and to examine any witness in the proceeding. The  court  may,
upon  application of the district attorney, adjourn the proceeding for a
reasonable period to allow him to investigate the matter.
3. At the conclusion of the inquiry, the court  must  issue  an  order
either approving or disapproving the bail.