Penal Law § 170.60

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

§ 170.60 Unlawfully using slugs in the first degree.

A person is guilty of unlawfully using slugs in the first degree when he makes, possesses or disposes of slugs with intent to enable a person to insert or deposit them in a coin machine, and the value of such slugs exceeds one hundred dollars.

Unlawfully using slugs in the first degree is a class E felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/170.60

In plain English

A person commits first-degree unlawful use of slugs by making, possessing, or disposing of slugs intending that someone insert or deposit them in a coin machine, when the slugs’ value exceeds $100. ★ 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.

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.