{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-270.40","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 270.40","heading":"Unlawfully installing a gas meter","body":"§ 270.40 Unlawfully installing a gas meter.\n  1. As used in this section \"gas meter\" means any gas meter that\nmeasures usage of any end use customer of gas services.\n  2. A person is guilty of unlawfully installing a gas meter when he or\nshe installs the gas meter or is the owner of the premises where the\nmeter is unlawfully installed and knows that such gas meter was\nunlawfully installed. A gas meter is unlawfully installed when it is\ninstalled by any person other than a person acting on behalf of a\nutility corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the public service\ncommission, unless such person has received a permit to install the gas\nmeter from the appropriate permitting authority.\n  Unlawfully installing a gas meter is a class B misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety","Article 270. Other Offenses Relating to Public Safety"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/270.40","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"246fd0eb00c9b65aaa6871ac6763f47fe93333e2a8fa0e71a48c7672c11a3da3","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-270.35","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-275.00"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}