NY Penal Law § 1.00July 25, 2012
This chapter shall be known as the “Penal Law”.
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- NY Penal Law 165.73 – Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 165.72 – Trademark counterfeiting in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 165.71 – Trademark counterfeiting in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 165.70 – Definitions
- NY Penal Law 165.65 – Criminal possession of stolen property; corroboration
- NY Penal Law 165.60 – Criminal possession of stolen property; no defense
- NY Penal Law 165.55 – Criminal possession of stolen property; presumptions
- NY Penal Law 165.54 – Criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 165.52 – Criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 165.50 – Criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree
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- NY Penal Law 165.05 – Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 165.30 – Fraudulent accosting
- NY Penal Law 165.25 – Jostling
- NY Penal Law 165.20 – Fraudulently obtaining a signature
- NY Penal Law 165.17 – Unlawful use of credit card, debit card or public benefit card
- NY Penal Law 165.16 – Unauthorized sale of certain transportation services
- NY Penal Law 165.15 – Theft of services
- NY Penal Law 165.11 – Auto stripping in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 165.10 – Auto stripping in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 165.09 – Auto stripping in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 165.08 – Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 165.07 – Unlawful use of secret scientific material
- NY Penal Law 165.06 – Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree
- Article 190: Other frauds
- Article 158: Welfare fraud
- Article 156: Offenses involving computers; definition of terms
- What is Larceny? – NY Penal Law § 155.00
- Article 150: Arson
- Criminal mischief and related offenses – Article 145
- Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree – NY Penal Law 145.26
- Criminal possession of a taximeter accelerating device – NY Penal Law 145.70
- Possession of graffiti instruments in New York – Penal Law 145.65
- NY Penal Law 145.60 – Making graffiti
- Penalties for littering on railroad tracks and rights-of-way
- Tampering with a consumer product in the first degree – NY Penal Law § 145.45
- Tampering with a consumer product in the second degree – NY Penal Law 145.40
- Tampering with a consumer product; consumer product defined – Penal Law § 145.35
- Unlawfully posting advertisements – NY Penal Law 145.30
- Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree – NY Penal Law 145.27
- Criminal mischief in the third degree – NY Penal Law 145.05
- Reckless endangerment of property – NY Penal Law 145.25
- Cemetery desecration in the first degree – NY Penal Law 145.23
- Cemetery desecration in the second degree – NY Penal Law 145.22
- Criminal tampering in the first degree – NY Penal Law 145.20
- Criminal tampering in the second degree – NY Penal Law 145.15
- Criminal tampering in the third degree – NY Penal Law § 145.14
- NY Penal Law § 145.13 – Criminal Mischief, Definitions
- Criminal mischief in the first degree – NY Penal Law 145.12
- Criminal mischief in the second degree – NY Penal Law 145.10
- Article 140: Burglary and related offenses
- Article 135: Kidnapping, coercion and related offenses
- Article 130: Sex offenses
- Article 241: Harassment of rent regulated tenants Repeal Date:06/16/2015
- NY Penal Law § 10.00
- Article 270: Other offenses relating to public safety
- Article 265: Firearms and other dangerous weapons
- NY Penal Law 265.13 – Criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 265.40 – Purchase of rifles and/or shotguns in contiguous states
- NY Penal Law § 265.35 – Prohibited use of weapons
- NY Penal Law 265.30 – Certain convictions to be reported
- NY Penal Law 265.26 – Burn injury and wounds to be reported
- NY Penal Law 265.25 – Certain wounds to be reported
- NY Penal Law 265.20 – Exemptions
- NY Penal Law 265.17 – Criminal purchase of a weapon
- NY Penal Law 265.16 – Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
- NY Penal Law 265.15 – Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement
- NY Penal Law 265.14 – Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor
- NY Penal Law 265.01 – Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
- NY Penal Law 265.12 – Criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 265.11 – Criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree
- NYPL 265.10: Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons
- NY Penal Law – 265.09 Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 265.08 – Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree
- NY Penal Law § 265.06 – Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds
- Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen – NY Penal Law 265.05
- Criminal possession of a dangerous weapon in the first degree – NY Penal Law 265.04
- NY Penal Law 265.03 – Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 265.02 – Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree
- Article 263: Sexual performance by a child
- Article 260: Offenses relating to children and incompetents
- Article 255: Offenses affecting the marital relationship
- Article 250: Offenses against the right to privacy
- Article 245: Offenses against public sensibilities
- Article 242: Offenses against service animals and handlers
- Article 125: Homicide, abortion and related offenses
- Article 235: Obscenity and related offenses
- Article 230: Prostitution offenses
- Article 225: Gambling offenses
- Article 215: Other offenses relating to judicial and other proceedings
- Article 210: Perjury and related offenses
- Article 205: Escape and other offenses relating to custody
- Article 200: Bribery involving public servants and related offenses
- Article 195: Official misconduct and obstruction of public servants generally
- Obstructing governmental administration in the second degree – NY Penal Law 195.05
- Killing or injuring a police animal – NY Penal Law 195.06
- NY Penal Law 195.07 – Obstructing governmental administration in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 195.08 – Obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device
- NY Penal Law 195.10 – Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer
- NY Penal Law 195.11 – Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 195.12 – Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 195.15 – Obstructing firefighting operations
- NY Penal Law 195.16 – Obstructing emergency medical services
- NY Penal Law 195.17 – Obstruction of governmental duties by means of a bomb, destructive device, explosive, or hazardous substance
- NY Penal Law 195.20 – Defrauding the government
- Article 35: Defense of Justice
- NY Penal Law 35.05 – Justification; generally
- NY Penal Law 35.10 – Justification; use of physical force generally
- NY Penal Law 35.15 – Justification; use of physical force in defense of a person
- NY Penal Law 35.20 – Justification; use of physical force in defense of premises and in defense of a person in the course of burglary
- NY Penal law 35.25 – Justification; use of physical force to prevent or terminate larceny or criminal mischief
- NY Penal Law 35.27 – Justification; use of physical force in resisting arrest prohibied
- NY Penal Law 35.30 – Justification; use of physical force in making an arrest or in preventing an escape
- Article 65: Sentences of probation, conditional discharge and unconditional discharge.
- Article 470: Money Laundering
- Article 480: Criminal Forfeiture – Felony Controlled Substance Offenses
- Hate Crimes – New York Penal Law Article 485
- Article 60: Authorized dispositions of offenders
- Authorized dispositions; felony sex offenses. NY Penal Law § 60.13
- Authorized disposition; certain offenses. NY Penal Law § 60.37
- Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated offenses. NY Penal Law § 60.36
- NY Penal Law 60.35
- Civil penalties. NY Penal Law § 60.30
- Authorized disposition; cemetery desecration. NY Penal Law § 60.29
- Authorized disposition; making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments. NY Penal Law § 60.28
- Restitution and reparation. NY Penal Law § 60.27
- Authorized dispositions; corporation. NY Penal Law § 60.25
- Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated or aggravated driving while intoxicated. NY Penal Law § 60.21
- Authorized dispositions; traffic infraction. NY Penal Law § 60.20
- NY Penal Law 60.01 – Authorized dispositions (sentencing)
- Authorized disposition; alternative indeterminate sentence of imprisonment; domestic violence cases. NY Penal Law § 60.12
- Authorized dispositions; criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. NY Penal Law § 60.11
- Authorized disposition; juvenile offender. NY Penal Law § 60.10
- Authorized dispositions; resentencing of certain persons convicted of specified controlled substance offenses. NY Penal Law § 60.09
- Authorized dispositions; resentencing of certain controlled substance offenders. NY Penal Law § 60.08
- NY Penal Law 60.07 – Authorized disposition; criminal attack on operators of for-hire vehicles
- New York Penal Law 60.06
- NY Penal Law 60.05 – class A, B, certain C and D felonies and multiple felony offenders
- NY Penal Law 60.04 – Authorized disposition; controlled substances and marijuana felony offenses
- NY Penal Law 60.02 – Authorized disposition; youthful offender.
- Article 55: Classification and designation of offenses
- Article 40: Other defenses involving lack of culpability
- Article 490: Terrorism
- Article 500: Laws Repealed; Time of taking Effect
- Article 460: Enterprise Corruption
- Article 30: Defense of infancy
- Article 25: Defenses in General
- Article 20: Parties to offenses and liability through accessorial conduct
- Article 15: Culpability
- NY Penal Law 15.05 – Culpability; definitions of culpable mental states
- NY Penal Law 15.10 – Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and mental culpability
- NY Penal Law 15.15 – Construction of statutes with respect to culpability requirements.
- NY Penal Law 15.20 – Effect of ignorance or mistake upon liability
- NY Penal Law 15.25 – Effect of intoxication upon liability
- Article 5: General rules of construction and application
- New York Penal Law- Article 1
- Article 240: Offenses against Public Order
- NY Penal Law 240.40 – Appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol
- NY Penal Law 240.73 – Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.72 – Aggravated Interference with Health Care Services in the Second Degree
- NY Penal Law 240.71 – Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.70 – Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.65 – Unlawful prevention of public access to records
- NY Penal Law 240.63 – Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall
- NY Penal Law 240.62 – Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.61 – Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.60 – Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.55 – Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.50 – Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 240.48 – Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice
- NY Penal Law 240.46 – Criminal nuisance in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.45 – Criminal nuisance in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.05 – Rioting in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.37 – Loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense
- NY Penal Law 240.36 – Loitering in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.35 – Loitering
- NY Penal Law 240.32 – Aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate
- NY Penal Law 240.31 – Aggravated harassment in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.30 – Aggravated harassment in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.26 – Harassment in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 240.25 – Harassment in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 240.21 – Disruption, or disturbance of religious service
- NY Penal Law 240.20 – Disorderly conduct
- NY Penal Law 240.15 – Criminal anarchy
- NY Penal Law 240.10 – Unlawful assembly
- NY Penal Law 240.08 – Inciting to riot
- NY Penal Law 240.06 – Rioting in the first degree
- Article 120: Assault and Related Offenses
- NY Penal Law 120.14 – Menacing in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.70 – Luring a child
- NY Penal Law 120.60 – Stalking in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.55 – Stalking in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.50 – Stalking in the Third Degree
- NY Penal Law 120.45 – Stalking in the fourth degree
- NY Penal Law 120.40 – Definitions
- NY Penal Law 120.35 – Promoting a suicide attempt; when punishable as attempt to commit murder
- NY Penal Law 120.30 – Promoting a suicide attempt
- NY Penal Law 120.25 – Reckless endangerment in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.20 – Reckless endangerment in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.18 – Menacing a police officer or peace officer
- NY Penal Law 120.17 – Hazing in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.16 – Hazing in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.15 – Menacing in the Third Degree
- NY Penal Law 120.00 – Assault in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 120.13 – Menacing in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.12 – Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old
- NY Penal Law 120.11 – Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer
- NY Penal Law 120.09 – Assault on a judge
- NY Penal Law 120.10 – Assault in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.08 – Assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency medical services professional
- NY Penal Law 120.07 – Gang assault in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.06 – Gang assault in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.05 – Assault in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.04-a – Aggravated vehicular assault
- NY Penal Law 120.04 – Vehicular assault in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 120.03 – Vehicular assault in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 120.02 – Reckless assault of a child
- NY Penal Law 120.01 – Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider
- NY Penal Law § 70.07
- Article 121: Strangulation and related offenses
- NY Penal Law 121.11 – Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation
- NY Penal Law 121.12 – Strangulation in the second degree. *Hate Crime Specified Offense
- NY Penal Law 121.13 – Strangulation in the First Degree. *Hate Crime Specified Offense*
- NY Penal Law 121.14 – Medical or Dental Purpose
- Article 115: Criminal facilitation in New York
- NY Penal Law 115.01 – Criminal facilitation in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 115.05 – Criminal facilitation in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 115.08 – Criminal facilitation in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 115.10 – Criminal facilitation; no defense
- NY Penal Law 115.15 – Criminal facilitation; corroboration
- Article 110: Attempt
- Article 105: Conspiracy
- NY Penal Law § 105.00 – Conspiracy in the sixth degree
- NY Penal law 105.05 – Conspiracy in the fifth degree
- NY Penal Law 105.10 – Conspiracy in the fourth degree
- NY Penal Law 105.13 – Conspiracy in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 105.15 – Conspiracy in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 105.17 – Conspiracy in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 105.20 – Conspiracy; pleading and proof; necessity of overt act
- NY Penal Law 105.25 – Conspiracy; jurisdiction and venue
- NY Penal Law 105.30 – Conspiracy; no defense
- NY Penal Law 105.35 – Conspiracy; enterprise corruption: applicability
- Article 100: Criminal Solicitation in New York
- NY Penal Law 100.05 – Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree
- NY Penal Law 100.08 – Criminal solicitation in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 100.10 – Criminal solicitation in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 100.13 – Criminal solicitation in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 100.15 – Criminal solicitation; no defense
- NY Penal Law 100.20 – Criminal solicitation; exemption
- Article 85: Sentence of Intermittent Imprisonment
- Fines for Offenses in New York State | Article 80
- NY Penal law § 70.35
- New York Penal Law Article 220: Controlled Substance Offenses (PL 220)
- NY Penal Law 220.45 – Criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument
- NY Penal Law 220.78 – Witness or victim of drug or alcohol overdose
- NY Penal Law 220.77 – Operating as a major trafficker
- NY Penal Law 220.76 – Unlawful disposal of methamphetamine laboratory material
- NY Penal Law 220.75 – Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 220.74 – Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 220.73 – Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 220.71 – Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 220.70 – Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 220.65 – Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance
- NY Penal Law 220.60 – Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances
- NY Penal Law 220.55 – Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 220.50 – Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 220.48 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child
- NY Penal Law 220.46 – Criminal injection of a narcotic drug
- NY Penal Law 220.03 – Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree
- NY Penal Law 220.44 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds
- NY Penal Law 220.43 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 220.41 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 220.39 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree
- NY Penal Law 220.34 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree
- NY Penal Law 220.31 – Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree
- NY Penal Law 220.28 – Use of a child to commit a controlled substance offense
- NY Penal Law 220.25 – Criminal possession of a controlled substance; presumption
- NY Penal Law 220.21 – Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree
- NY Penal Law 220.18 – Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree
- NY Penal Law 220.16 – Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree
- Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree – NY Penal Law 220.09
- NY Penal Law 220.06 – Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree
- NY Penal Law Article 70.00 – Sentence of imprisonment for felony
- NY Penal Law 70.02 – Sentence of imprisonment for a violent felony offense
- NY Penal Law 70.04 – Sentence of imprisonment for second violent felony offender
- NY Penal Law 70.05 – Sentence of imprisonment for juvenile offender
- NY Penal law 70.06 – Sentence of imprisonment for second felony offender
- NY Penal Law 70.08 – Sentence of imprisonment for persistent violent felony offender; criteria
- NY Penal Law 70.10 – Sentence of imprisonment for persistent felony offender
- NY Penal Law 70.15 – Sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors and violation
- NY Penal Law 70.20 – Place of imprisonment
- NY Penal Law 70.25 – Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment
- NY Penal Law 70.30 – Calculation of terms of imprisonment
- NY Penal Law 70.40 – Release on parole; conditional release; presumptive release
- NY Penal Law 70.45 – Determinate sentence; post-release supervision
- NY Penal Law 70.70 – Sentence of imprisonment for felony drug offender other than a class A felony
- NY Penal Law 70.71 – Sentence of imprisonment for a class A felony drug offender
- NY Penal Law 70.80 – Sentences of imprisonment for conviction of a felony sex offense
- NY Penal Law 70.85 – Transitional exception to determinate sentencing laws
- Article 275: Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording
- Article 400: Licensing and Other Provisions Relating to Firearms
- Article 405: Licensing and Other Provisions Relating to Fireworks
- Article 410: Seizure and Forfeiture of Equipment used in Promoting Pornography
- Article 415: Seizure and Forfeiture of Vehicles, Vessels and Aircraft used to Transport or Conceal Gambling Records
- Article 420: Seizure and Destruction of Unauthorized Recordings of Sound and Forfeiture of Equipment Used in the Production Thereof.
- Disposal of Stolen Property – Article 450
- New York Vehicle and Traffic Laws
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs – VTL 1192
- Driving while ability impaired – NY Vehicle Traffic Law § 1192(1)
- Driving while intoxicated; per se – VTL § 1192-2
- Driving while intoxicated (DWI) – VTL § 1192-3
- Aggravated driving while intoxicated – VTL § 1192-2A
- Plea bargain limitations – VTL § 1192-10
- New York Vehicle Traffic Law § 1192-11
- Driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or drugs – VTL § 1192-4A
- VTL § 1192-A: Operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol; Under the age of twenty-one; per se.
- Arrest and testing – New York Vehicle and Traffic Law 1194
- Driving after having consumed alcohol; under twenty-one; procedure – VTL § 1194-A
- Chemical test evidence – New York Vehicle & Traffic Law 1195
- Sanctions – VTL § 1193
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs – VTL 1192
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- Notice of Appeal in the Matter of The Law Offices of Adam D. Perlmutter, P.C. against the NYPD
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