CPL § 380.96

Obligation of sentencing court pursuant to article four hundred of the penal law

§ 380.96 Obligation of sentencing court pursuant to article four hundred

of the penal law.

Upon judgment of conviction of any offense which would require the seizure of firearms, shotguns or rifles from an individual so convicted, and the revocation of any license or registration issued pursuant to article four hundred of the penal law, the judge pronouncing sentence shall demand surrender of any such license or registration and all firearms, shotguns and rifles. The failure to so demand surrender shall not effect the validity of any revocation pursuant to article four hundred of the penal law.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/380.96

In plain English

On conviction of any offense that requires seizure of firearms/shotguns/rifles and revocation of an Article 400 license/registration, the sentencing judge must demand surrender of the license/registration and all firearms. Failure to demand surrender does NOT affect the validity of the revocation. ★

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.