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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE P
Offenses Against Public Safety
ARTICLE 265
Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
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SECTION 265.01-B
Criminal possession of a firearm
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE P, ARTICLE 265
§ 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.