Criminal possession of an anti-security item · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 170.47 Criminal possession of an anti-security item.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of an anti-security item, when with intent to steal property at a retail mercantile establishment as defined in article twelve-B of the general business law, he knowingly possesses in such an establishment an item designed for the purpose of overcoming detection of security markings or attachments placed on property offered for sale at such an establishment.
Criminal possession of an anti-security item is a class B misdemeanor.
A person commits criminal possession of an anti-security item by knowingly possessing, inside a retail mercantile establishment, an item designed to defeat security markings or attachments, intending to steal property there. ★ It is a class B misdemeanor.
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.