Penal Law § 265.63 · Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree
Text — Law content up to date as of October 23, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 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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