Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 170.45 — Criminal simulation
N.Y. Penal Law § 170.45
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 170.45 Criminal simulation.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 170.45 — Criminal simulation is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 170.45 Criminal simulation.
A person is guilty of criminal simulation when:
1. With intent to defraud, he makes or alters any object in such manner that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or authorship which it does not in fact possess; or
2. With knowledge of its true character and with intent to defraud, he utters or possesses an object so simulated.
Criminal simulation is a class A misdemeanor.