New York legal term
Material in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Material” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Material” mean in New York criminal law?
"Material" means anything tangible which is capable of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound or in any other manner. 3. (N.Y. Penal Law § 235.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Unlawfully dealing with fireworks and dangerous fireworks
- Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual
- Computer tampering in the second degree
- Computer tampering in the third degree
- Computer trespass
- Criminal contempt of the legislature
- Criminal possession of computer related material
- Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree
- Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree
- Fraud in insolvency
- Health care fraud in the fifth degree
- Issuing a false financial statement
Related terms in the same statutes
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