N.Y. Penal Law Section 275.40
Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree

A person is guilty of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree when such person commits the crime of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the second degree as defined in section 275.35 of this article and either:

1.

such person has been convicted of failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first or second degree within the past five years; or

2.

commission of the crime involves at least one hundred unauthorized sound recordings or at least one hundred unauthorized audiovisual recordings. Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree is a class E felony.

Source: Section 275.40 — Failure to disclose the origin of a recording in the first degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/275.­40 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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