Penal Law § 222.65

Aggravated criminal sale of cannabis  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 222.65 Aggravated criminal sale of cannabis.

A person is guilty of aggravated criminal sale of cannabis when he or she knowingly and unlawfully sells cannabis or concentrated cannabis weighing one hundred pounds or more.

Aggravated criminal sale of cannabis is a class C felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/222.65

In plain English

A person who knowingly and unlawfully sells 100 pounds or more of cannabis or concentrated cannabis commits aggravated criminal sale of cannabis, a class C 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.

In print

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.