New York statute
N.Y. Penal Law § 265.14 — Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 265: Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons, New York Penal Law.
Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 265.14
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
265.14 Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor.
A person over the age of eighteen years of age is guilty of criminal
sale of a weapon with the aid of a minor when a person under sixteen
years of age knowingly and unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or
disposes of a firearm in violation of this article, and such person over
the age of eighteen years of age, acting with the mental culpability
required for the commission thereof, solicits, requests, commands,
importunes or intentionally aids such person under sixteen years of age
to engage in such conduct.
Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor is a class C
felony.
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