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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » PEN - Penal » Part 1 - General Provisions » Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability » Article 15 - Culpability » 15.10 – Requirements for Criminal Liability in General and for Offenses of Strict Liability and Mental Culpability.
§  15.10 Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses

of strict liability and mental culpability.

The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If such conduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense, or if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a culpable mental state on the part of the actor, such offense is one of "strict liability." If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with respect to every material element of an offense, such offense is one of "mental culpability."