Penal Law § 170.55

Unlawfully using slugs in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 170.55 Unlawfully using slugs in the second degree.

A person is guilty of unlawfully using slugs in the second degree when:

1. With intent to defraud the owner of a coin machine, he inserts or deposits a slug in such machine; or

2. He makes, possesses or disposes of a slug with intent to enable a person to insert or deposit it in a coin machine.

Unlawfully using slugs in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/170.55

In plain English

A person commits second-degree unlawful use of slugs by:

(1) intending to defraud a coin-machine owner and inserting or depositing a slug in the machine; or
(2) making, possessing, or disposing of a slug intending that someone insert or deposit it in a coin machine. ★

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.

In print

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.