New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)

N.Y. Penal Law § 185.15: Fraudulent disposition of property subject to a conditional sale contract

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a class A misdemeanor by fraudulently selling, mortgaging, destroying, or disposing of property subject to a conditional sale contract with intent to defraud, before the contract condition is fulfilled.

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