Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.25 — Incest in the third degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.25
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 255.25 Incest in the third degree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.25 — Incest in the third degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 255.25 Incest in the third degree.
A person is guilty of incest in the third degree when he or she marries or engages in vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact or anal sexual contact with a person whom he or she knows to be related to him or her, whether through marriage or not, as an ancestor, descendant, brother or sister of either the whole or the half blood, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
Incest in the third degree is a class E felony.