New York
New York Penal Law (PEN)
897 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 1.00 — Short title
- § 1.05 — General purposes
- § 10.00 — Definitions of terms of general use in this chapter
- § 100.00 — Criminal solicitation in the fifth degree
- § 100.05 — Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree
- § 100.08 — Criminal solicitation in the third degree
- § 100.10 — Criminal solicitation in the second degree
- § 100.13 — Criminal solicitation in the first degree
- § 100.15 — Criminal solicitation; no defense
- § 100.20 — Criminal solicitation; exemption
- § 105.00 — Conspiracy in the sixth degree
- § 105.05 — Conspiracy in the fifth degree
- § 105.10 — Conspiracy in the fourth degree
- § 105.13 — Conspiracy in the third degree
- § 105.15 — Conspiracy in the second degree
- § 105.17 — Conspiracy in the first degree
- § 105.20 — Conspiracy; pleading and proof; necessity of overt act
- § 105.25 — Conspiracy; jurisdiction and venue
- § 105.30 — Conspiracy; no defense
- § 105.35 — Conspiracy; enterprise corruption: applicability
- § 110.00 — Attempt to commit a crime
- § 110.05 — Attempt to commit a crime; punishment
- § 110.10 — Attempt to commit a crime; no defense
- § 115.00 — Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree
- § 115.01 — Criminal facilitation in the third degree
- § 115.05 — Criminal facilitation in the second degree
- § 115.08 — Criminal facilitation in the first degree
- § 115.10 — Criminal facilitation; no defense
- § 115.15 — Criminal facilitation; corroboration
- § 115.20 — Criminal facilitation; definitions and construction
- § 120.00 — Assault in the third degree
- § 120.01 — Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider
- § 120.02 — Reckless assault of a child
- § 120.03 — Vehicular assault in the second degree
- § 120.04 — Vehicular assault in the first degree
- § 120.04-A — Aggravated vehicular assault
- § 120.05 — Assault in the second degree
- § 120.06 — Gang assault in the second degree
- § 120.07 — Gang assault in the first degree
- § 120.08 — Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional
- § 120.09 — Assault on a judge
- § 120.09-A — Aggravated assault on a judge
- § 120.10 — Assault in the first degree
- § 120.11 — Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer
- § 120.12 — Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old
- § 120.13 — Menacing in the first degree
- § 120.14 — Menacing in the second degree
- § 120.15 — Menacing in the third degree
- § 120.16 — Hazing in the first degree
- § 120.17 — Hazing in the second degree
- § 120.18 — Menacing a police officer or peace officer
- § 120.19 — Assault on a retail worker
- § 120.20 — Reckless endangerment in the second degree
- § 120.25 — Reckless endangerment in the first degree
- § 120.30 — Promoting a suicide attempt
- § 120.35 — Promoting a suicide attempt; when punishable as attempt to commit murder
- § 120.40 — Definitions
- § 120.45 — Stalking in the fourth degree
- § 120.50 — Stalking in the third degree
- § 120.55 — Stalking in the second degree
- § 120.60 — Stalking in the first degree
- § 120.70 — Luring a child
- § 121.11 — Criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation
- § 121.12 — Strangulation in the second degree
- § 121.13 — Strangulation in the first degree
- § 121.13-A — Aggravated strangulation
- § 121.14 — Medical or dental purpose
- § 125.00 — Homicide defined
- § 125.05 — Homicide and related offenses; definition
- § 125.10 — Criminally negligent homicide
- § 125.11 — Aggravated criminally negligent homicide
- § 125.12 — Vehicular manslaughter in the second degree
- § 125.13 — Vehicular manslaughter in the first degree
- § 125.14 — Aggravated vehicular homicide
- § 125.15 — Manslaughter in the second degree
- § 125.20 — Manslaughter in the first degree
- § 125.21 — Aggravated manslaughter in the second degree
- § 125.22 — Aggravated manslaughter in the first degree
- § 125.25 — Murder in the second degree
- § 125.26 — Aggravated murder
- § 125.27 — Murder in the first degree
- § 130.00 — Sex offenses; definitions of terms
- § 130.05 — Sex offenses; lack of consent
- § 130.10 — Sex offenses; limitation; defenses
- § 130.16 — Sex offenses; corroboration
- § 130.20 — Sexual misconduct
- § 130.25 — Rape in the third degree
- § 130.30 — Rape in the second degree
- § 130.35 — Rape in the first degree
- § 130.52 — Forcible touching
- § 130.53 — Persistent sexual abuse
- § 130.55 — Sexual abuse in the third degree
- § 130.60 — Sexual abuse in the second degree
- § 130.65 — Sexual abuse in the first degree
- § 130.65-A — Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree
- § 130.66 — Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
- § 130.67 — Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree
- § 130.70 — Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
- § 130.75 — Course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree
- § 130.80 — Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree
- § 130.85 — Female genital mutilation
- § 130.90 — Facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance
- § 130.91 — Sexually motivated felony
- § 130.92 — Sentencing
- § 130.95 — Predatory sexual assault
- § 130.96 — Predatory sexual assault against a child
- § 135.00 — Unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and custodial interference; definitions of terms
- § 135.05 — Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree
- § 135.10 — Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
- § 135.15 — Unlawful imprisonment; defense
- § 135.20 — Kidnapping in the second degree
- § 135.25 — Kidnapping in the first degree
- § 135.30 — Kidnapping; defense
- § 135.35 — Labor trafficking
- § 135.36 — Labor trafficking; accomplice
- § 135.37 — Aggravated labor trafficking
- § 135.45 — Custodial interference in the second degree
- § 135.50 — Custodial interference in the first degree
- § 135.55 — Substitution of children
- § 135.60 — Coercion in the third degree
- § 135.61 — Coercion in the second degree
- § 135.65 — Coercion in the first degree
- § 135.70 — Coercion; no defense
- § 135.75 — Coercion; defense
- § 140.00 — Criminal trespass and burglary; definitions of terms
- § 140.05 — Trespass
- § 140.10 — Criminal trespass in the third degree
- § 140.15 — Criminal trespass in the second degree
- § 140.17 — Criminal trespass in the first degree
- § 140.20 — Burglary in the third degree
- § 140.25 — Burglary in the second degree
- § 140.30 — Burglary in the first degree
- § 140.35 — Possession of burglar's tools
- § 140.40 — Unlawful possession of radio devices
- § 145.00 — Criminal mischief in the fourth degree
- § 145.05 — Criminal mischief in the third degree
- § 145.10 — Criminal mischief in the second degree
- § 145.12 — Criminal mischief in the first degree
- § 145.13 — Definitions
- § 145.14 — Criminal tampering in the third degree
- § 145.15 — Criminal tampering in the second degree
- § 145.20 — Criminal tampering in the first degree
- § 145.22 — Cemetery desecration in the second degree
- § 145.23 — Cemetery desecration in the first degree
- § 145.25 — Reckless endangerment of property
- § 145.26 — Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree
- § 145.27 — Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree
- § 145.30 — Unlawfully posting advertisements
- § 145.35 — Tampering with a consumer product; consumer product defined
- § 145.40 — Tampering with a consumer product in the second degree
- § 145.45 — Tampering with a consumer product in the first degree
- § 145.50 — Penalties for littering on railroad tracks and rights-of-way
- § 145.60 — Making graffiti
- § 145.65 — Possession of graffiti instruments
- § 145.70 — Criminal possession of a taximeter accelerating device
- § 15.00 — Culpability; definitions of terms
- § 15.05 — Culpability; definitions of culpable mental states
- § 15.10 — Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and mental culpability
- § 15.15 — Construction of statutes with respect to culpability requirements
- § 15.20 — Effect of ignorance or mistake upon liability
- § 15.25 — Effect of intoxication upon liability
- § 150.00 — Arson; definitions
- § 150.01 — Arson in the fifth degree
- § 150.05 — Arson in the fourth degree
- § 150.10 — Arson in the third degree
- § 150.15 — Arson in the second degree
- § 150.20 — Arson in the first degree
- § 155.00 — Larceny; definitions of terms
- § 155.05 — Larceny; defined
- § 155.10 — Larceny; no defense
- § 155.15 — Larceny; defenses
- § 155.20 — Larceny; value of stolen property
- § 155.25 — Petit larceny
- § 155.30 — Grand Larceny in the fourth degree
- § 155.35 — Grand larceny in the third degree
- § 155.40 — Grand larceny in the second degree
- § 155.42 — Grand larceny in the first degree
- § 155.43 — Aggravated grand larceny of an automated teller machine
- § 155.45 — Larceny; pleading and proof
- § 156.00 — Offenses involving computers; definition of terms
- § 156.05 — Unauthorized use of a computer
- § 156.10 — Computer trespass
- § 156.20 — Computer tampering in the fourth degree
- § 156.25 — Computer tampering in the third degree
- § 156.26 — Computer tampering in the second degree
- § 156.27 — Computer tampering in the first degree
- § 156.29 — Unlawful duplication of computer related material in the second degree
- § 156.30 — Unlawful duplication of computer related material in the first degree
- § 156.35 — Criminal possession of computer related material
- § 156.40 — Operating an unlawful electronic sweepstakes
- § 156.50 — Offenses involving computers; defenses
- § 158.00 — Definitions; presumption; limitation
- § 158.05 — Welfare fraud in the fifth degree
- § 158.10 — Welfare fraud in the fourth degree
- § 158.15 — Welfare fraud in the third degree
- § 158.20 — Welfare fraud in the second degree
- § 158.25 — Welfare fraud in the first degree
- § 158.30 — Criminal use of a public benefit card in the second degree
- § 158.35 — Criminal use of a public benefit card in the first degree
- § 158.40 — Criminal possession of public benefit cards in the third degree