New York legal term
Owner in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Owner” 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 “Owner” mean in New York criminal law?
"Owner" means (a) the person who owns, or has the exclusive license in the United States to reproduce or the exclusive license in the United States to distribute to the public copies of the sounds fixed in a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or any other device used for reproducing sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, videocassettes, or any other articles upon which sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly derived; or (b) the person who owns the rights to record or authorize the recording of a live performance. (N.Y. Penal Law § 275.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Advertisement or sale of unauthorized recordings in the second degree
- Aggravated harassment in the first degree
- Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant
- Arson in the fifth degree
- Assault on a retail worker
- Auto stripping in the first degree
- Auto stripping in the second degree
- Auto stripping in the third degree
- Creating a hazard
- Criminal possession of computer related material
- Grand larceny in the first degree
- Grand larceny in the second degree
Related terms in the same statutes
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.