Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 220.72 Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine when he or she possesses at the same time a precursor and a solvent or chemical reagent, with intent to use or knowing that another intends to use each such precursor, solvent or chemical reagent to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine.
Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine is a class E felony.
A person who simultaneously possesses a methamphetamine precursor and a solvent or chemical reagent, intending to use each item or knowing another intends to use each to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine, commits this offense, 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.