Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.15 — Criminal retention of medical cannabis
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.15
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
* § 179.15 Criminal retention of medical cannabis.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 179.15 — Criminal retention of medical cannabis is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
* § 179.15 Criminal retention of medical cannabis.
A person is guilty of criminal retention of medical cannabis when, being a certified patient or designated caregiver, as those terms are defined in section three of the cannabis law, he or she knowingly obtains, possesses, stores or maintains an amount of cannabis in excess of the amount he or she is authorized to possess under the provisions of article three of the cannabis law.
Criminal retention of medical cannabis shall be punishable as provided in section 222.25 of this chapter.
* NB Repealed July 5, 2028