New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.45 (2026)

Information, prosecutor's information, misdemeanor complaint; severance, consolidation, amendment, bill of particulars

✓ current as of May 2026
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§ 100.45 Information, prosecutor's information, misdemeanor complaint;
             severance, consolidation, amendment, bill of particulars.
  1. Where appropriate, the provisions of sections 200.20 and 200.40 and
paragraph (n) of subdivision four of section 20.40 of this chapter,
governing severance of counts of an indictment and severance of
defendants for trial purposes, and governing consolidation of
indictments for trial purposes, apply to informations, to prosecutor's
informations and to misdemeanor complaints.
  2. The provisions of section 200.70 governing amendment of indictments
apply to prosecutor's informations.
  3. At any time before the entry of a plea of guilty to or the
commencement of a trial of an information, the court may, upon
application of the people and with notice to the defendant and
opportunity to be heard, order the amendment of the accusatory part of
such information by addition of a count charging an offense supported by
the allegations of the factual part of such information and/or any
supporting depositions which may accompany it. In such case, the
defendant must be accorded any reasonable adjournment necessitated by
the amendment.
  4. The provisions of section 200.95, governing bills of particulars
with respect to indictments, apply to informations, to misdemeanor
complaints and to prosecutor's informations.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: People v. Harvey, 5 Misc. 3d 751 (N.Y. City Crim. Ct. 2004).
People v. Harvey, 5 Misc. 3d 751 (N.Y. City Crim. Ct. 2004). “The People move for an order to consolidate the four dockets pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law §§ 100.45 1 and 200.”
The People v. Edward Hardy (NY 2020). “70 governing amendments of indictments apply to informations, prosecutor’s informations and misdemeanor complaints” (1969 Proposed NY Criminal Procedure Law § 100.45 [2]). However, the legislature ultimately selected only one of those instruments—prosecutor’s informations—and…”
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