Unlawful disposition of assets subject to forfeiture · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.80 Unlawful disposition of assets subject to forfeiture.
Any defendant in a forfeiture action pursuant to article thirteen-A of the civil practice law and rules who knowingly and intentionally conceals, destroys, dissipates, alters, removes from the jurisdiction, or otherwise disposes of, property specified in a provisional remedy ordered by the court or in a judgment of forfeiture in knowing contempt of said order shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
A defendant in a CPLR article 13-A forfeiture action commits this offense by knowingly and intentionally concealing, destroying, dissipating, altering, removing, or otherwise disposing of property covered by a court-ordered provisional remedy or forfeiture judgment, in knowing contempt of that order. ★ It is a class A 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.