Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 220.60 Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of precursors of con- trolled substances when, with intent to manufacture a controlled sub- stance unlawfully, he possesses at the same time:
(a) carbamide (urea) and propanedioc and malonic acid or its derivatives; or
(b) ergot or an ergot derivative and diethylamine or dimethyl- formamide or diethylamide; or
(c) phenylacetone (1-phenyl-2 propanone) and hydroxylamine or ammonia or formamide or benzaldehyde or nitroethane or methylamine.
(d) pentazocine and methyliodide; or
(e) phenylacetonitrile and dichlorodiethyl methylamine or dichlor- odiethyl benzylamine; or
(f) diephenylacetonitrile and dimethylaminoisopropyl chloride; or
(g) piperidine and cyclohexanone and bromobenzene and lithium or magnesium; or
(h) 2, 5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde and nitroethane and a reducing agent.
Criminal prossession of precursors of controlled substances is a class E felony.
A person commits this offense by possessing at the same time one of these chemical combinations with intent to unlawfully manufacture a controlled substance: ★
The offense 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.