Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 270.10 — Creating a hazard
N.Y. Penal Law § 270.10
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 270.10 Creating a hazard.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 270.10 — Creating a hazard is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 270.10 Creating a hazard.
A person is guilty of creating a hazard when:
1. Having discarded in any place where it might attract children, a container which has a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside, he fails to remove the door, lid, locking or fastening device; or
2. Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which an abandoned well or cesspool is located, he fails to cover the same with suitable protective construction.
Creating a hazard is a class B misdemeanor.