Penal Law § 265.37

Unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 265.37 Unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices.

It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly possess an ammunition feeding device where such device contains more than seven rounds of ammunition.

If such device containing more than seven rounds of ammunition is possessed within the home of the possessor, the person so possessing the device shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine of two hundred dollars, and for each subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and subject to a fine of two hundred dollars and a term of up to three months imprisonment.

If such device containing more than seven rounds of ammunition is possessed in any location other than the home of the possessor, the person so possessing the device shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and subject to a fine of two hundred dollars and a term of up to six months imprisonment, and for each subsequent offense, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/265.37

In plain English

Knowingly possessing an ammunition-feeding device loaded with more than 7 rounds is unlawful. ★

At home, a first offense is a violation with a $200 fine; a later offense is a class B misdemeanor, a $200 fine, and up to 3 months’ imprisonment.
Elsewhere, a first offense is a class B misdemeanor, a $200 fine, and up to 6 months’ imprisonment; a later offense 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.

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.