Unlawfully concealing a will · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 190.30 Unlawfully concealing a will.
A person is guilty of unlawfully concealing a will when, with intent to defraud, he conceals, secretes, suppresses, mutilates or destroys a will, codicil or other testamentary instrument.
Unlawfully concealing a will is a class E felony.
With intent to defraud, a person commits this offense by concealing, hiding, suppressing, mutilating, or destroying a will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument. ★ 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.