Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 220.70 Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material
in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree when he or she possesses a precursor, a chemical reagent or a solvent with the intent to use or knowing another intends to use such precursor, chemical reagent, or solvent to unlawfully produce, prepare or manufacture methamphetamine.
Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person who possesses a precursor, chemical reagent, or solvent, intending to use it or knowing another intends to use it to unlawfully make methamphetamine, commits second-degree possession of methamphetamine-manufacturing material, 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.