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N.Y. Penal Law § 265.63 — Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree
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 § 265.63
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.
265.63 Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the
second degree when, knowing it is an unserialized frame or receiver or
an unfinished frame or receiver, such person unlawfully sells,
exchanges, gives or disposes of such unserialized frame or receiver or
unfinished frame or receiver, provided that for a period of six months
after the effective date of this section, a person shall not be guilty
of criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree if such
person: (a) voluntarily surrenders such unserialized frame or receiver
or unfinished frame or receiver to any law enforcement official
designated pursuant to subparagraph (f) of paragraph one of subdivision
(a) of section 265.20 of this article; or (b) sells, exchanges, gives,
or disposes of such unserialized frame or receiver or unfinished frame
or receiver to a gunsmith licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of this
chapter.
Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree is a class E
felony.
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