Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-b — Criminal possession of a firearm
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-b
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
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- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.
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N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-b — Criminal possession of a firearm is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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 section subject to the registration requirements of subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and knowingly fails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision.
Criminal possession of a firearm is a class E felony.