National instant criminal background checks · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 400.06 National instant criminal background checks.
1. Any dealer in firearms that sells, delivers or otherwise transfers any firearm shall contact the division of state police to conduct a national instant criminal background check pursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of the executive law.
2. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
A firearms dealer transferring any firearm must contact the State Police for a national instant criminal background check under Executive Law § 228. ★ Failure to comply 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.
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.