Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.50 — Unlawful collection practices
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.50
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 190.50 Unlawful collection practices.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.50 — Unlawful collection practices is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 190.50 Unlawful collection practices.
A person is guilty of unlawful collection practices when, with intent to enforce a claim or judgment for money or property, he knowingly sends, mails or delivers to another person a notice, document or other instrument which has no judicial or official sanction and which in its format or appearance, simulates a summons, complaint, court order or process, or an insignia, seal or printed form of a federal, state or local government or an instrumentality thereof, or is otherwise calculated to induce a belief that such notice, document or instrument has a judicial or official sanction.
Unlawful collection practices is a class B misdemeanor.