{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-265.01-b","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-b","heading":"Criminal possession of a firearm","body":"§ 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she:\n(1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior to\nthe effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen\nwhich added this section subject to the registration requirements of\nsubdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and knowingly\nfails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision.\n  Criminal possession of a firearm is a class E felony.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety","Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/265.01-B","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"96aeaf95c166f1a4ecd1de7d374d1098f5c284d086f9f6f20b124bb64b091ef2","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-265.01-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-265.01-c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}