{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-10-312","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 10-312","heading":"§ 10-312 Use of safety locking device required under certain circumstances.","body":"a. It shall be unlawful for any person who is the lawful owner or lawful custodian of a weapon, as that term is defined in section 10-311, to store or otherwise place or leave such weapon in such a manner or under circumstances that it is out of his or her immediate possession or control, without having rendered such weapon inoperable by employing a safety locking device. Any person who violates this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten days or by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or both.\n\nb. Any person who violates subdivision a of this section having previously been found guilty of a violation of such subdivision, or under circumstances which create a substantial risk of physical injury to another person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of not more than thirty days or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both.\n\nc. The provisions of this section shall not apply to weapons owned or lawfully possessed by a police officer, as such term is defined in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or a federal law enforcement officer, as such term is defined in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 10","Chapter 3: Firearms"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"662904ffbb7e1b54dec11acbd2add3261f182b48a6389e20edd4d703a9e9e891","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-10-311","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-10-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}