New York legal term
Transaction in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Transaction” 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 “Transaction” mean in New York criminal law?
"Transaction" includes a payment, purchase, sale, loan, pledge, gift, transfer, or delivery, and with respect to a financial institution includes a deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency, loan, extension of credit, purchase or sale of any stock, bond, certificate of deposit, or other monetary instrument, use of a safe deposit box, or any other payment, transfer, or delivery by, through, or to a financial institution, by whatever means effected, except that "transaction" shall not include payments to attorneys for legal services. 4. (N.Y. Penal Law § 470.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the first degree
- Failing to report criminal communications
- Installation and operation of ignition interlock devices
- Money laundering in support of terrorism in the first degree
- Money laundering in support of terrorism in the fourth degree
- Money laundering in support of terrorism in the second degree
- Money laundering in support of terrorism in the third degree
- Money laundering in the first degree
- Money laundering in the fourth degree
- Money laundering in the second degree
- Money laundering in the third degree
- Possession of a gambling device
Related terms in the same statutes
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