Auto stripping in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 165.11 Auto stripping in the first degree.
A person is guilty of auto stripping in the first degree when he or she removes or intentionally destroys, defaces, disguises, or alters any part of three or more vehicles, other than abandoned vehicles, as defined in subdivision one of section one thousand two hundred twenty-four of the vehicle and traffic law, without the permission of the owner, and the value of the parts of vehicles removed, destroyed, defaced, disguised, or altered exceeds an aggregate value of three thousand dollars.
Auto stripping in the first degree is a class D felony.
A person commits first-degree auto stripping by, without the owner's permission, removing, or intentionally destroying, defacing, disguising, or altering, any part of 3 or more vehicles other than abandoned vehicles, when the parts' aggregate value exceeds $3,000. ★ It is a class D 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.