Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.20 — Criminal tampering in the first degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.20
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 145.20 Criminal tampering in the first degree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 145.20 — Criminal tampering in the first degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 145.20 Criminal tampering in the first degree.
A person is guilty of criminal tampering in the first degree when, with intent to cause a substantial interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she damages or tampers with property of a gas, electric, sewer, steam or water-works corporation, telephone or telegraph corporation, common carrier, nuclear powered electric generating facility, or public utility operated by a municipality or district, and thereby causes such substantial interruption or impairment of service.
Criminal tampering in the first degree is a class D felony.