Unlawful sale of body armor · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 270.22 Unlawful sale of body armor.
A person is guilty of the unlawful sale of body armor when they sell, exchange, give or dispose of body armor, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section 270.20 of this article, to an individual whom they know or reasonably should have known is not engaged or employed in an eligible profession, as such term is defined in section 270.21 of this article.
Unlawful sale of body armor is a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for any subsequent offense.
Selling, exchanging, giving, or otherwise disposing of body armor to someone the seller knows or reasonably should know is not in an eligible profession is unlawful sale of body armor. It is a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for any later offense. ★
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.