New York Penal Law

Every section of the New York Penal Law, in order — 898 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.60 — Gaming fraud in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.65 — Use of counterfeit, unapproved or unlawful wagering instruments
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.70 — Possession of unlawful gaming property in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.75 — Possession of unlawful gaming property in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.80 — Possession of unlawful gaming property in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.85 — Use of unlawful gaming property
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.90 — Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment
• N.Y. Penal Law § 225.95 — Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering or modification of equipment and devices associated with gaming
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.00 — Prostitution
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.01 — Prostitution; affirmative defense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.02 — Patronizing a person for prostitution; definitions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.03 — Prostitution in a school zone
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.04 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.05 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.06 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.07 — Patronizing a person for prostitution; defense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.08 — Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.10 — Prostitution and patronizing a person for prostitution; no defense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.11 — Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.12 — Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.13 — Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.15 — Promoting prostitution; definitions of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.19 — Promoting prostitution in a school zone
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.20 — Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.25 — Promoting prostitution in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.30 — Promoting prostitution in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.32 — Promoting prostitution in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.33 — Compelling prostitution
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.34 — Sex trafficking
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.34-a — Sex trafficking of a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.35 — Promoting or compelling prostitution; accomplice
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.36 — Sex trafficking; accomplice
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.40 — Permitting prostitution
• N.Y. Penal Law § 230.45 — Limited immunity from prosecution
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.00 — Obscenity; definitions of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.05 — Obscenity in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.06 — Obscenity in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.07 — Obscenity in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.10 — Obscenity; presumptions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.15 — Obscenity or disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree; defense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.20 — Disseminating indecent material to minors; definitions of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.21 — Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.22 — Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.23 — Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and defenses
• N.Y. Penal Law § 235.24 — Disseminating indecent material to minors; limitations
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.00 — Offenses against public order; definitions of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.05 — Riot in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.06 — Riot in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.08 — Inciting to riot
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.10 — Unlawful assembly
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.15 — Criminal anarchy
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.20 — Disorderly conduct
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.21 — Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.25 — Harassment in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.26 — Harassment in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.30 — Aggravated harassment in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.31 — Aggravated harassment in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.32 — Aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.33 — Aggravated harassment of a judge
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.35 — Loitering
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.36 — Loitering in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.40 — Appearance in public under the influence of narcotics or a drug other than alcohol
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.45 — Criminal nuisance in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.46 — Criminal nuisance in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.48 — Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.50 — Falsely reporting an incident in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.55 — Falsely reporting an incident in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.60 — Falsely reporting an incident in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.61 — Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.62 — Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.63 — Placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.65 — Unlawful prevention of public access to records
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.69 — Criminal interference with access to a place of religious worship
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.70 — Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.71 — Criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.72 — Aggravated interference with health care services in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.73 — Aggravated interference with health care services in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.75 — Aggravated family offense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.76 — Directing a laser at an aircraft in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.77 — Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.78 — Making a threat of mass harm
• N.Y. Penal Law § 240.79 — Aggravated threat of mass harm
• N.Y. Penal Law § 241.00 — Harassment of a rent regulated tenant; definition of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 241.02 — Harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 241.05 — Harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 241.07 — Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant
• N.Y. Penal Law § 242.00 — Definitions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 242.05 — Interference, harassment or intimidation of a service animal
• N.Y. Penal Law § 242.10 — Harming a service animal in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 242.15 — Harming a service animal in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.00 — Public lewdness
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.01 — Exposure of a person
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.02 — Promoting the exposure of a person
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.03 — Public lewdness in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.05 — Offensive exhibition
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.10 — Public display of offensive sexual material; definitions of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.11 — Public display of offensive sexual material
• N.Y. Penal Law § 245.15 — Unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.00 — Eavesdropping; definitions of terms
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.05 — Eavesdropping
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.10 — Possession of eavesdropping devices
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.15 — Failure to report wiretapping
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.20 — Divulging an eavesdropping warrant
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.25 — Tampering with private communications
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.30 — Unlawfully obtaining communications information
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.35 — Failing to report criminal communications
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.40 — Unlawful surveillance; definitions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.45 — Unlawful surveillance in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.50 — Unlawful surveillance in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.55 — Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.60 — Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.65 — Additional provisions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.70 — Unlawful dissemination of a personal image; definitions, application
• N.Y. Penal Law § 250.71 — Unlawful dissemination of a personal image
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.00 — Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.05 — Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.10 — Unlawfully procuring a marriage license
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.15 — Bigamy
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.20 — Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery: defense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.25 — Incest in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.26 — Incest in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.27 — Incest in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 255.30 — Adultery and incest; corroboration
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.00 — Abandonment of a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.05 — Non-support of a child in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.06 — Non-support of a child in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.10 — Endangering the welfare of a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.11 — Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.15 — Endangering the welfare of a child; defense
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.20 — Unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.21 — Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.22 — Facilitating female genital mutilation
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.24 — Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.25 — Endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.31 — Misrepresentation by a child day care provider
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.31 — Vulnerable elderly persons; definitions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.32 — Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.34 — Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 260.35 — Misrepresentation by, or on behalf of, a caregiver for a child or children
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.00 — Definitions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.05 — Use of a child in a sexual performance
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.10 — Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.11 — Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.15 — Promoting a sexual performance by a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.16 — Possessing a sexual performance by a child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.20 — Sexual performance by a child; affirmative defenses
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.25 — Proof of age of child
• N.Y. Penal Law § 263.30 — Facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled substance or alcohol
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.00 — Definitions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01 — Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-a — Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-b — Criminal possession of a firearm
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-c — Criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-d — Criminal possession of a weapon in a restricted location
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01-e — Criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.02 — Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.03 — Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.04 — Criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.05 — Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.06 — Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.07 — Registration and serialization of firearms, rifles, shotguns, finished frames or receivers, and unfinished frames or receivers
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.08 — Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.09 — Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.10 — Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.11 — Criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.12 — Criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.13 — Criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.14 — Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.15 — Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.16 — Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.17 — Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.19 — Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.20 — Exemptions
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.25 — Certain wounds to be reported
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.26 — Burn injury and wounds to be reported
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.30 — Certain convictions to be reported
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.35 — Prohibited use of weapons
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.37 — Unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.38 — Unlawful sale of a non-microstamping-enabled firearm
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.40 — Purchase of rifles and/or shotguns in contiguous states
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.45 — Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.46 — Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.50 — Criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.51 — Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms when accessible by a minor or prohibited person
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.55 — Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.60 — Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.61 — Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.63 — Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.64 — Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.65 — Criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle
• N.Y. Penal Law § 265.66 — Criminal sale of a semiautomatic rifle
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.00 — Unlawfully dealing with fireworks and dangerous fireworks
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.05 — Unlawfully possessing or selling noxious material
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.10 — Creating a hazard
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.15 — Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.20 — Unlawful wearing of body armor
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.21 — Unlawful purchase of body armor
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.22 — Unlawful sale of body armor
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.25 — Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree
• N.Y. Penal Law § 270.30 — Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree