Definitions · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 145.13 Definitions.
For the purposes of sections 145.00, 145.05, 145.10 and 145.12 of this article:
"Property of another" shall include all property in which another person has an ownership interest, whether or not a person who damages such property, or any other person, may also have an interest in such property.
For §§ 145.00, 145.05, 145.10, and 145.12, “property of another” includes any property in which someone else has an ownership interest, even if the person who damages it—or another person—also has an interest. ★
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.