N.Y. PEN Law § 35.25
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 35.25, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Justification; use of physical force to prevent or terminate larceny or criminal mischief
Official statutory text
§ 35.25 Justification; use of physical force to prevent or terminate\n larceny or criminal mischief.\n A person may use physical force, other than deadly physical force,\nupon another person when and to the extent that he or she reasonably\nbelieves such to be necessary to prevent or terminate what he or she\nreasonably believes to be the commission or attempted commission by such\nother person of larceny or of criminal mischief with respect to property\nother than premises.\n
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