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N.Y. Penal Law § 265.63: Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety
  4. Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons

§ 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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