Penal Law § 265.64 · Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree
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§ 265.64 Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree.
A person is guilty of criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree when, knowing they are unserialized frames or receivers or unfinished frames or receivers, such person unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of a total of ten or more unserialized frames or receivers or unfinished frames or receivers in a period of not more than one year, 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 first degree if such person: (a) voluntarily surrenders such unserialized frames or receivers or unfinished frames or receivers 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 frames or receivers or unfinished frames or receivers to a gunsmith licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter.
Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree is a class D felony.
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