N.Y. General Business Law § 612: Sale and rental of video games and films

§ 612. Sale and rental of video games and films. 1. No person,

partnership or corporation shall sell or rent at retail or attempt to

sell or rent at retail a video game or film unless a video game rating

or the rating of the motion picture from which the film was copied is

clearly displayed on the outside of the case, jacket or other cover of

the video game or film.

2. This section shall not apply to a "mail order business" as defined

in section three hundred ninety-six-m of this chapter or to any film

which is a reproduction of a motion picture, concert, musical production

or other video event, or any video game, which has not been given a

rating, nor shall it apply to any motion picture or video game which has

been altered subsequent to receiving a rating.

3. A violation of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable

by a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars.