Short title · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1.00 Short title.
This chapter shall be known as the "Penal Law. "
This chapter's official name is the Penal Law. Everything that follows in the Penal Law is cited by that name.
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.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.