Unlawful use of secret scientific material · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 165.07 Unlawful use of secret scientific material.
A person is guilty of unlawful use of secret scientific material when, with intent to appropriate to himself or another the use of secret scientific material, and having no right to do so and no reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he makes a tangible reproduction or representation of such secret scientific material by means of writing, photographing, drawing, mechanically or electronically reproducing or recording such secret scientific material.
Unlawful use of secret scientific material is a class E felony.
A person unlawfully uses secret scientific material by making a tangible copy or representation of it through writing, photography, drawing, mechanical or electronic reproduction, or recording, intending to appropriate its use for anyone and having neither a right nor reasonable grounds to believe in such a right. ★ It is a class E felony.
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.