New York legal term
Statement in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Statement” 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 “Statement” mean in New York criminal law?
"Statement" includes, but is not limited to, any notice, proof of loss, bill of lading, invoice, account, estimate of property damages, bill for services, diagnosis, prescription, hospital or doctor records, x-ray, test result, and other evidence of loss, injury or expense. 3. (N.Y. Penal Law § 176.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- False advertising
- Fraud in insolvency
- Installation and operation of ignition interlock devices
- Issuing a false certificate
- Issuing a false financial statement
- Making a false statement of credit terms
- Making a punishable false written statement
- Making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree
- Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree
- Misrepresentation by, or on behalf of, a caregiver for a child or children
- Perjury in the first degree
- Perjury in the second degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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