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November 25, 2024

Sec. 155.30 Grand Larceny in the fourth degree

A person is guilty of grand larceny in the fourth degree when he steals property and when:
 

1. The value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars; or
 

2. The property consists of a public record, writing or instrument kept, filed or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any public office or public servant; or
 

3. The property consists of secret scientific material; or
 

4. The property consists of a credit card or debit card; or
 

5. The property, regardless of its nature and value, is taken from the person of another; or
 

6. The property, regardless of its nature and value, is obtained by extortion; or
 

7. The property consists of one or more firearms, rifles or shotguns, as such terms are defined in section 265.00 of this chapter; or
 

8. The value of the property exceeds one hundred dollars and the property consists of a motor vehicle, as defined in section one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law, other than a motorcycle, as defined in section one hundred twenty-three of such law; or
 

9. The property consists of a scroll, religious vestment, a vessel, an item comprising a display of religious symbols which forms a representative expression of faith, or other miscellaneous item of property which:
 

(a) has a value of at least one hundred dollars; and
 

(b) is kept for or used in connection with religious worship in any building, structure or upon the curtilage of such building or structure used as a place of religious worship by a religious corporation, as incorporated under the religious corporations law or the education law; or
 

10. The property consists of an access device which the person intends to use unlawfully to obtain telephone service; or
 

11. The property consists of anhydrous ammonia or liquified ammonia gas and the actor intends to use, or knows another person intends to use, such anhydrous ammonia or liquified ammonia gas to manufacture methamphetamine; or
 

12. The property consists of retail goods or merchandise stolen pursuant to a common scheme or plan or a single, ongoing intent to deprive another or others of the property or to appropriate the property to the actor or another person and the value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars, which value may be determined by the aggregate value of all such property regardless of whether the goods or merchandise were stolen from the same owner. Nothing in this subdivision shall be read to limit the ability to aggregate the value of any property or the ability to charge the larceny of retail goods or merchandise under another applicable provision of law.
 

Grand larceny in the fourth degree is a class E felony.