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N.Y. Penal Law § 265.64 — Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first 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 § 265.64
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.
265.64 Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree.
A person is guilty of criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the
first degree when, knowing they are unserialized frames or receivers or
unfinished frames or receivers, such person unlawfully sells, exchanges,
gives or disposes of a total of ten or more unserialized frames or
receivers or unfinished frames or receivers in a period of not more than
one year, 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 first degree if such person: (a) voluntarily
surrenders such unserialized frames or receivers or unfinished frames or
receivers 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 frames or receivers or unfinished frames or receivers to a
gunsmith licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter.
Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree is a class D
felony.
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