N.Y. Correction Law Section 621
Interstate cooperation with law enforcement officers and agencies of other states and the federal government

1.

All law enforcement officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions, including the division of criminal justice services, are hereby authorized to cooperate with agencies of other states and of the United States, having similar powers, to develop and carry on a complete interstate, national and international system of criminal identification and investigation, and to obtain and furnish, or to assist in obtaining and furnishing, any information from and to a law enforcement officer or agency of another jurisdiction to assist in the conduct of an investigation into any criminal matter or for use in a criminal prosecution.

2.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or empower any law enforcement officer or agency to engage in any activity or type of work for which he or it does not otherwise have authority in conducting investigations or prosecutions in connection with crimes alleged to have been committed within this state, but the obtaining and furnishing of information pursuant to this section shall be deemed a part of the regular functions of the officer or agency obtaining and furnishing the same.

Source: Section 621 — Interstate cooperation with law enforcement officers and agencies of other states and the federal government, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/COR/621 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

600
Certain correctional officers to administer oaths 600–A
Jail time records and certificates 601
Delivery of commitment with incarcerated individual 601–A
Return of persons erroneously sentenced for the purpose of resentence 601–B
Coram nobis prisoners 601–C
Felony prisoners 601–D
Post-release supervision 602
Expenses of sheriff for transporting prisoners 603
Rendering accounts for conveying of prisoners 604
Payment of accounts for transporting prisoners 605
Prisoners sentenced at one session of court to be transported at same time 605–A
Transportation of female incarcerated individuals 606
Payment of costs for prosecution of incarcerated individuals 607
Prohibition of double-bunked housing 610
Freedom of worship 611
Births to incarcerated individuals of correctional institutions and care of children of incarcerated individuals of correctional institut... 611–A
Commitments to county or regional correctional institutions 612
United States prisoners 613
Conveyance of prisoner after arrest 614
Care and support of civil prisoner 618
Duties of state correctional institutions, penitentiaries, county jails and reformatories 619
Cooperation with authorized agencies of the department of social services 620
Service of papers in civil judicial proceedings upon a prisoner 621
Interstate cooperation with law enforcement officers and agencies of other states and the federal government 622
Sex offender treatment program 623
Incarcerated individual telephone services 624
Next of kin 625
Menstrual products 626
Medication assisted treatment in correctional facilities 627
Breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing
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Verified:
Nov. 29, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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