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.
- § 200.35 — Receiving unlawful gratuities
- § 200.40 — Bribe giving and bribe receiving for public office; definition of term
- § 200.45 — Bribe giving for public office
- § 200.50 — Bribe receiving for public office
- § 200.55 — Impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination
- § 200.56 — Corrupt use of position or authority
- § 205.00 — Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of terms
- § 205.05 — Escape in the third degree
- § 205.10 — Escape in the second degree
- § 205.15 — Escape in the first degree
- § 205.16 — Absconding from temporary release in the second degree
- § 205.17 — Absconding from temporary release in the first degree
- § 205.18 — Absconding from a furlough program
- § 205.19 — Absconding from a community treatment facility
- § 205.20 — Promoting prison contraband in the second degree
- § 205.25 — Promoting prison contraband in the first degree
- § 205.30 — Resisting arrest
- § 205.35 — Evading arrest by concealment of identity
- § 205.50 — Hindering prosecution; definition of term
- § 205.55 — Hindering prosecution in the third degree
- § 205.60 — Hindering prosecution in the second degree
- § 205.65 — Hindering prosecution in the first degree
- § 210.00 — Perjury and related offenses; definitions of terms
- § 210.05 — Perjury in the third degree
- § 210.10 — Perjury in the second degree
- § 210.15 — Perjury in the first degree
- § 210.20 — Perjury; pleading and proof where inconsistent statements involved
- § 210.25 — Perjury; defense
- § 210.30 — Perjury; no defense
- § 210.35 — Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree
- § 210.40 — Making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree
- § 210.45 — Making a punishable false written statement
- § 210.50 — Perjury and related offenses; requirement of corroboration
- § 215.00 — Bribing a witness
- § 215.05 — Bribe receiving by a witness
- § 215.10 — Tampering with a witness in the fourth degree
- § 215.11 — Tampering with a witness in the third degree
- § 215.12 — Tampering with a witness in the second degree
- § 215.13 — Tampering with a witness in the first degree
- § 215.14 — Employer unlawfully penalizing witness or victim
- § 215.15 — Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree
- § 215.16 — Intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree
- § 215.17 — Intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree
- § 215.19 — Bribing a juror
- § 215.20 — Bribe receiving by a juror
- § 215.22 — Providing a juror with a gratuity
- § 215.23 — Tampering with a juror in the second degree
- § 215.25 — Tampering with a juror in the first degree
- § 215.28 — Misconduct by a juror in the second degree
- § 215.30 — Misconduct by a juror in the first degree
- § 215.35 — Tampering with physical evidence; definitions of terms
- § 215.40 — Tampering with physical evidence
- § 215.45 — Compounding a crime
- § 215.50 — Criminal contempt in the second degree
- § 215.51 — Criminal contempt in the first degree
- § 215.52 — Aggravated criminal contempt
- § 215.54 — Criminal contempt; prosecution and punishment
- § 215.55 — Bail jumping in the third degree
- § 215.56 — Bail jumping in the second degree
- § 215.57 — Bail jumping in the first degree
- § 215.58 — Failing to respond to an appearance ticket
- § 215.59 — Bail jumping and failing to respond to an appearance ticket; defense
- § 215.60 — Criminal contempt of the legislature
- § 215.65 — Criminal contempt of a temporary state commission
- § 215.66 — Criminal contempt of the state commission on judicial conduct
- § 215.70 — Unlawful grand jury disclosure
- § 215.75 — Unlawful disclosure of an indictment
- § 215.80 — Unlawful disposition of assets subject to forfeiture
- § 220.00 — Controlled substances; definitions
- § 220.03 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree
- § 220.06 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree
- § 220.09 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree
- § 220.16 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree
- § 220.18 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree
- § 220.21 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree
- § 220.25 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance; presumption
- § 220.28 — Use of a child to commit a controlled substance offense
- § 220.31 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree
- § 220.34 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree
- § 220.39 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree
- § 220.41 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree
- § 220.43 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree
- § 220.44 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds
- § 220.46 — Criminal injection of a narcotic drug
- § 220.48 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child
- § 220.50 — Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree
- § 220.55 — Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree
- § 220.60 — Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances
- § 220.65 — Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist
- § 220.70 — Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree
- § 220.71 — Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree
- § 220.72 — Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine
- § 220.73 — Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree
- § 220.74 — Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the second degree
- § 220.75 — Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the first degree
- § 220.76 — Unlawful disposal of methamphetamine laboratory material
- § 220.77 — Operating as a major trafficker
- § 220.78 — Witness or victim of drug or alcohol overdose
- § 222.00 — Cannabis; definitions
- § 222.05 — Personal use of cannabis
- § 222.10 — Restrictions on cannabis use
- § 222.15 — Personal cultivation and home possession of cannabis
- § 222.20 — Licensing of cannabis production and distribution; defense
- § 222.25 — Unlawful possession of cannabis
- § 222.30 — Criminal possession of cannabis in the third degree
- § 222.35 — Criminal possession of cannabis in the second degree
- § 222.40 — Criminal possession of cannabis in the first degree
- § 222.45 — Unlawful sale of cannabis
- § 222.50 — Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree
- § 222.55 — Criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree
- § 222.60 — Criminal sale of cannabis in the first degree
- § 222.65 — Aggravated criminal sale of cannabis
- § 225.00 — Gambling offenses; definitions of terms
- § 225.05 — Promoting gambling in the second degree
- § 225.10 — Promoting gambling in the first degree
- § 225.15 — Possession of gambling records in the second degree
- § 225.20 — Possession of gambling records in the first degree
- § 225.25 — Possession of gambling records; defense
- § 225.30 — Possession of a gambling device
- § 225.32 — Possession of a gambling device; defenses
- § 225.35 — Gambling offenses; presumptions
- § 225.40 — Lottery offenses; no defense
- § 225.55 — Gaming fraud in the second degree
- § 225.60 — Gaming fraud in the first degree
- § 225.65 — Use of counterfeit, unapproved or unlawful wagering instruments
- § 225.70 — Possession of unlawful gaming property in the third degree
- § 225.75 — Possession of unlawful gaming property in the second degree
- § 225.80 — Possession of unlawful gaming property in the first degree
- § 225.85 — Use of unlawful gaming property
- § 225.90 — Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment
- § 225.95 — Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering or modification of equipment and devices associated with gaming
- § 230.00 — Prostitution
- § 230.01 — Prostitution; affirmative defense
- § 230.02 — Patronizing a person for prostitution; definitions
- § 230.03 — Prostitution in a school zone
- § 230.04 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree
- § 230.05 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree
- § 230.06 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree
- § 230.07 — Patronizing a person for prostitution; defense
- § 230.08 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
- § 230.10 — Prostitution and patronizing a person for prostitution; no defense
- § 230.11 — Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree
- § 230.12 — Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree
- § 230.13 — Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first degree
- § 230.15 — Promoting prostitution; definitions of terms
- § 230.19 — Promoting prostitution in a school zone
- § 230.20 — Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree
- § 230.25 — Promoting prostitution in the third degree
- § 230.30 — Promoting prostitution in the second degree
- § 230.32 — Promoting prostitution in the first degree
- § 230.33 — Compelling prostitution
- § 230.34 — Sex trafficking
- § 230.34-A — Sex trafficking of a child
- § 230.35 — Promoting or compelling prostitution; accomplice
- § 230.36 — Sex trafficking; accomplice
- § 230.40 — Permitting prostitution
- § 230.45 — Limited immunity from prosecution
- § 235.00 — Obscenity; definitions of terms
- § 235.05 — Obscenity in the third degree
- § 235.06 — Obscenity in the second degree
- § 235.07 — Obscenity in the first degree
- § 235.10 — Obscenity; presumptions
- § 235.15 — Obscenity or disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree; defense
- § 235.20 — Disseminating indecent material to minors; definitions of terms
- § 235.21 — Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree
- § 235.22 — Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree
- § 235.23 — Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and defenses
- § 235.24 — Disseminating indecent material to minors; limitations
- § 240.00 — Offenses against public order; definitions of terms
- § 240.05 — Riot in the second degree
- § 240.06 — Riot in the first degree
- § 240.08 — Inciting to riot
- § 240.10 — Unlawful assembly
- § 240.15 — Criminal anarchy
- § 240.20 — Disorderly conduct
- § 240.21 — Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
- § 240.25 — Harassment in the first degree
- § 240.26 — Harassment in the second degree
- § 240.30 — Aggravated harassment in the second degree
- § 240.31 — Aggravated harassment in the first degree
- § 240.32 — Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual
- § 240.33 — Aggravated harassment of a judge
- § 240.35 — Loitering
- § 240.36 — Loitering in the first degree
- § 240.40 — Appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol
- § 240.45 — Criminal nuisance in the second degree
- § 240.46 — Criminal nuisance in the first degree
- § 240.48 — Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice
- § 240.50 — Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree
- § 240.55 — Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree
- § 240.60 — Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree
- § 240.61 — Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree
- § 240.62 — Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree
- § 240.63 — Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall
- § 240.65 — Unlawful prevention of public access to records
- § 240.69 — Criminal interference with access to a place of religious worship
- § 240.70 — Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree
- § 240.71 — Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree
- § 240.72 — Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree
- § 240.73 — Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree