New York legal term
Vehicle in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Vehicle” 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 “Vehicle” mean in New York criminal law?
"Vehicle" means a "motor vehicle", "trailer" or "semi-trailer," as defined in the vehicle and traffic law, any snowmobile as defined in the parks and recreation law, any aircraft, or any vessel equipped for propulsion by mechanical means or by sail. 15. (N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Prohibited use of weapons
- Unlawfully dealing with fireworks and dangerous fireworks
- Aggravated vehicular assault
- Aggravated vehicular homicide
- Arson in the first degree
- Arson in the fourth degree
- Arson in the second degree
- Arson in the third degree
- Auto stripping in the first degree
- Auto stripping in the second degree
- Auto stripping in the third degree
- Criminal mischief in the third degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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