New York statute
N.Y. Penal Law § 275.10 — Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 275: Offenses Relating to Unauthorized Recording, New York Penal Law.
Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 275.10
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.
275.10 Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree.
A person is guilty of manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the
first degree when he commits the crime of manufacture of unauthorized
recordings in the second degree as defined in section 275.05 of this
article and either:
1. has previously been convicted of that crime within the past five
years; or
2. commits that crime by the manufacture of one thousand unauthorized
sound recordings; provided, however, that this section shall only apply
to sound recordings initially fixed prior to February fifteenth,
nineteen hundred seventy-two.
Manufacture of unauthorized recordings in the first degree is a class
E felony.
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