Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.48 — Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.48
- Type
- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 240.48 Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.48 — Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 240.48 Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice.
A person is guilty of disseminating a false registered sex offender notice when, knowing the information he or she disseminates or causes to be disseminated to be false or baseless, such person disseminates or causes to be disseminated any notice which purports to be an official notice from a government agency or a law enforcement agency and such notice asserts that an individual is a registered sex offender.
Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice is a class A misdemeanor.