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N.Y. Penal Law § 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child
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§ 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when: 1. He or she knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years old or directs or authorizes su…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.11 Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration
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§ 260.11 Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration. A person shall not be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, or of an attempt to commit the same, upon the testimony of a victim who is incapable of consent because of mental defect or mental incapacity as to c…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.15 Endangering the welfare of a child; defense
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§ 260.15 Endangering the welfare of a child; defense. In any prosecution for endangering the welfare of a child, pursuant to section 260.10 of this article, based upon an alleged failure or refusal to provide proper medical care or treatment to an ill child, it is an affirmative …
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.20 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree
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§ 260.20 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree. A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree when: 1. He knowingly permits a child less than eighteen years old to enter or remain in or upon a place, premises or establishment where sexual…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.21 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree
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§ 260.21 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree. A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree when: 1. Being an owner, lessee, manager or employee of a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or given away, he permits a child less than…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.22 Facilitating female genital mutilation
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§ 260.22 Facilitating female genital mutilation. A person is guilty of facilitating female genital mutilation when, knowing that a person intends to engage in the circumcising, excising or infibulating of the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of a …
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.24 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree
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§ 260.24 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree when he or she recklessly engages in conduct which is likely t…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.25 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree
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§ 260.25 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically\n disabled person in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or\nphysically disabled person in the first degree when he knowingly acts in\na manner likely to be injurious …
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.31 Vulnerable elderly persons; definitions
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* § 260.31 Vulnerable elderly persons; definitions. For the purpose of sections 260.32 and 260.34 of this article, the following definitions shall apply: 1. "Caregiver" means a person who (i) assumes responsibility for the care of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.31*2 Misrepresentation by a child day care provider
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* § 260.31 Misrepresentation by a child day care provider. A person is guilty of misrepresentation by a child day care provider when, being a child day care provider or holding himself or herself out as such, he or she makes any willful and intentional misrepresentation, by act o…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.32 Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree
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§ 260.32 Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degre…
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.34 Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree
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§ 260.34 Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree. A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree …
N.Y. Penal Law § 260.35 Misrepresentation by, or on behalf of, a caregiver for a child or children
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§ 260.35 Misrepresentation by, or on behalf of, a caregiver for a child or children. 1. A person is guilty of misrepresentation by, or on behalf of, a caregiver for a child or children when he or she: (a) intentionally makes a false written statement about himself, herself, or an…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.00 Definitions
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§ 263.00 Definitions. As used in this article the following definitions shall apply: 1. "Sexual performance" means any performance or part thereof which, for purposes of section 263.16 of this article, includes sexual conduct by a child less than sixteen years of age or, for purp…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.05 Use of a child in a sexual performance
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§ 263.05 Use of a child in a sexual performance. A person is guilty of the use of a child in a sexual performance if knowing the character and content thereof he employs, authorizes or induces a child less than seventeen years of age to engage in a sexual performance or being a p…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.10 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child
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§ 263.10 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child. A person is guilty of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child when, knowing the character and content thereof, such person produces, directs or promotes any obscene performance which includes sexual conduct b…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.11 Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
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§ 263.11 Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child. A person is guilty of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child when, knowing the character and content thereof, such person knowingly has in such person's possession or control, or knowingly accesses with in…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.15 Promoting a sexual performance by a child
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§ 263.15 Promoting a sexual performance by a child. A person is guilty of promoting a sexual performance by a child when, knowing the character and content thereof, such person produces, directs or promotes any performance which includes sexual conduct by a child less than sevent…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.16 Possessing a sexual performance by a child
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§ 263.16 Possessing a sexual performance by a child. A person is guilty of possessing a sexual performance by a child when, knowing the character and content thereof, such person knowingly has in such person's possession or control, or knowingly accesses with intent to view, any …
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.20 Sexual performance by a child; affirmative defenses
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§ 263.20 Sexual performance by a child; affirmative defenses. 1. Under this article, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant in good faith reasonably believed the person appearing in the performance was, for purposes of section 263.11 or 263.16 of this article, sixt…
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.25 Proof of age of child
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§ 263.25 Proof of age of child. Whenever it becomes necessary for the purposes of this article to determine whether a child who participated in a sexual performance was under an age specified in this article, the court or jury may make such determination by any of the following: …
N.Y. Penal Law § 263.30 Facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled substance or alcohol
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§ 263.30 Facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled substance or alcohol. 1. A person is guilty of facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled substance or alcohol when he or she: (a) (i) knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled subst…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.00 Definitions
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§ 265.00 Definitions. As used in this article and in article four hundred, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. "Machine-gun" means a weapon of any description, irrespective of size, by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which a number of shots or bullets may…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01 Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
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§ 265.01 Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree when: (1) He or she possesses any firearm, electronic dart gun, electronic stun gun, switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle k…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-A Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds
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§ 265.01-a Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds when he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle, shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds, used for educational purposes…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-B Criminal possession of a firearm
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§ 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she: (1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen which added this sect…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-C Criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device
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§ 265.01-c Criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device when he or she knowingly possesses any rapid-fire modification device. Criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device is a cl…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-D Criminal possession of a weapon in a restricted location
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§ 265.01-d Criminal possession of a weapon in a restricted location. 1. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in a restricted location when such person possesses a firearm, rifle, or shotgun and enters into or remains on or in private property where such person kn…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-E Criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location
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§ 265.01-e Criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location. 1. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location when such person possesses a firearm, rifle or shotgun in or upon a sensitive location, and s…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.02 Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree
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§ 265.02 Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree when: (1) Such person commits the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree as defined in subdivision one, two, three or fiv…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.03 Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
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§ 265.03 Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree when: (1) with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, such person: (a) possesses a machine-gun; or (b) possesses a loaded firearm;…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.04 Criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree
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§ 265.04 Criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree when such person: (1) possesses any explosive substance with intent to use the same unlawfully against the person or property of another; or (2)…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.05 Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen
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§ 265.05 Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen.\n It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of sixteen to\npossess any air-gun, spring-gun or other instrument or weapon in which\nthe propelling force is a spring or air, or any gun or any instrument or\nw…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.06 Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds
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§ 265.06 Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds. It shall be unlawful for any person age sixteen or older to knowingly possess any air-gun, spring-gun or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is a spring, air, piston or CO2 cartridge in or upon a b…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.07 Registration and serialization of firearms, rifles, shotguns, finished frames or receivers, and unfinished frames or receivers
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§ 265.07 Registration and serialization of firearms, rifles, shotguns, finished frames or receivers, and unfinished frames or receivers. (1) For the purposes of this section, "unfinished frame or receiver" means any unserialized material that does not constitute the frame or rece…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.08 Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree
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§ 265.08 Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm in the second degree when he commits any class C violent felony offense as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 70.02 and he either: (1) possesses a deadly w…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.09 Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree
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§ 265.09 Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree. (1) A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm in the first degree when he commits any class B violent felony offense as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 70.02 and he either: (a) possesses a deadly…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.10 Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances
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§ 265.10 Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances. 1. Any person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured any machine-gun, ghost gun, unfinished frame or receiver, firearm silencer, major component of a firearm, a…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.11 Criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree
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§ 265.11 Criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree when such person is not authorized pursuant to law to possess a firearm and such person unlawfully either: (1) sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of a fi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.12 Criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree
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§ 265.12 Criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree when such person: (1) unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of to another five or more firearms; or (2) unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or d…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.13 Criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree
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§ 265.13 Criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree when such person: (1) unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of to another ten or more firearms; or (2) unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disp…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.14 Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor
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§ 265.14 Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor. A person over the age of eighteen years of age is guilty of criminal sale of a weapon with the aid of a minor when a person under sixteen years of age knowingly and unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of a fi…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.15 Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement
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§ 265.15 Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement. 1. The presence in any room, dwelling, structure or vehicle of any machine-gun is presumptive evidence of its unlawful possession by all persons occupying the place where such machine-gun is found. 2. The presen…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.16 Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
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§ 265.16 Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm to a minor when he is not authorized pursuant to law to possess a firearm and he unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of a firearm to another person who is or reasonably app…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.17 Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon
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§ 265.17 Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon. A person is guilty of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon when: 1. Knowing that he or she is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of some other disability w…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon
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§ 265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon. A person is guilty of aggravated criminal possession of a weapon when he or she commits the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined in subdivision three of section 265.03 of this article and als…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.20 Exemptions
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§ 265.20 Exemptions. a. Paragraph (h) of subdivision twenty-two of section 265.00 and sections 265.01, 265.01-a, 265.01-b, 265.01-c, 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.05, 265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.15, 265.36, 265.37, 265.50, 265.55 and 270.05 shall not apply to: 1. Possession…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.25 Certain wounds to be reported
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§ 265.25 Certain wounds to be reported. Every case of a bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or any other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a gun or firearm, and every case of a wound which is likely to or may result in death and is actually or apparently infl…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.26 Burn injury and wounds to be reported
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§ 265.26 Burn injury and wounds to be reported. Every case of a burn injury or wound, where the victim sustained second or third degree burns to five percent or more of the body and/or any burns to the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of super-heat…
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.30 Certain convictions to be reported
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§ 265.30 Certain convictions to be reported. Every conviction under this article or section 400.00, of a person who is not a citizen of the United States, shall be certified to the proper officer of the United States government by the district attorney of the county in which such…