New York legal term
Property in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Property” 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 “Property” mean in New York criminal law?
"Property" means any money, compensation for labor or services, personal property, real property, computer data, computer program, thing in action, evidence of debt or contract, or any article, substance or thing of value, including any gas, steam, water or electricity, which is provided for a charge or compensation. 2. (N.Y. Penal Law § 155.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated harassment in the first degree
- Aggravated harassment in the second degree
- Aggravated harassment of a judge
- Aggravated identity theft
- Aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree
- Appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol
- Arson in the fifth degree
- Assault in the second degree
- Bribe giving for public office
- Bribe receiving for public office
- Cemetery desecration in the first degree
- Cemetery desecration in the second degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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