{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-170.45","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 170.45","heading":"Criminal simulation","body":"§ 170.45 Criminal simulation.\n  A person is guilty of criminal simulation when:\n  1. With intent to defraud, he makes or alters any object in such\nmanner that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or\nauthorship which it does not in fact possess; or\n  2. With knowledge of its true character and with intent to defraud, he\nutters or possesses an object so simulated.\n  Criminal simulation is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title K. Offenses Involving Fraud","Article 170. Forgery and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/170.45","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"279aa848340caecf59f1a7c3817886a9665d6fd43a2536a33280a9884d29135d","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-170.40","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-170.47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}