N.Y. PEN Law § 155.30
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 155.30, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Grand Larceny in the fourth degree
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§ 155.30 Grand Larceny in the fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he\nsteals property and when:\n 1. The value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars; or\n 2. The property consists of a public record, writing or instrument\nkept, filed or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any\npublic office or public servant; or\n 3. The property consists of secret scientific material; or\n 4. The property consists of a credit card or debit card; or\n 5. The property, regardless of its nature and value, is taken from the\nperson of another; or\n 6. The property, regardless of its nature and value, is obtained by\nextortion; or\n 7. The property consists of one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns,\nas such terms are defined in section 265.00 of this chapter; or\n 8. The value of the property exceeds one hundred dollars and the\nproperty consists of a motor vehicle, as defined in section one hundred\ntwenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law, other than a motorcycle, as\ndefined in section one hundred twenty-three of such law; or\n 9. The property consists of a scroll, religious vestment, a vessel, an\nitem comprising a display of religious symbols which forms a\nrepresentative expression of faith, or other miscellaneous item of\nproperty which:\n (a) has a value of at least one hundred dollars; and\n (b) is kept for or used in connection with religious worship in any\nbuilding, structure or upon the curtilage of such building or structure\nused as a place of religious worship by a religious corporation, as\nincorporated under the religious corporations law or the education law;\nor\n 10. The property consists of an access device which the person intends\nto use unlawfully to obtain telephone service; or\n 11. The property consists of anhydrous ammonia or liquified ammonia\ngas and the actor intends to use, or knows another person intends to\nuse, such anhydrous ammonia or liquified ammonia gas to manufacture\nmethamphetamine; or\n 12. The property consists of retail goods or merchandise stolen\npursuant to a common scheme or plan or a single, ongoing intent to\ndeprive another or others of the property or to appropriate the property\nto the actor or another person and the value of the property exceeds one\nthousand dollars, which value may be determined by the aggregate value\nof all such property regardless of whether the goods or merchandise were\nstolen from the same owner. Nothing in this subdivision shall be read to\nlimit the ability to aggregate the value of any property or the ability\nto charge the larceny of retail goods or merchandise under another\napplicable provision of law.\n Grand larceny in the fourth degree is a class E felony.\n
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