New York legal term
Obtain in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Obtain” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Obtain” mean in New York criminal law?
"Obtain" includes, but is not limited to, the bringing about of a transfer or purported transfer of property or of a legal interest therein, whether to the obtainer or another. 3. (N.Y. Penal Law § 155.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Theft of services
- Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree
- Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree
- Corrupting the government in the first degree
- Corrupting the government in the fourth degree
- Corrupting the government in the second degree
- Corrupting the government in the third degree
- Criminal impersonation in the second degree
- Defrauding the government
- Facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled substance or alcohol
- Grand Larceny in the fourth degree
- Impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination
Related terms in the same statutes
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