Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 490.20 — Making a terroristic threat
N.Y. Penal Law § 490.20
- Type
- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 490.20 Making a terroristic threat.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 490.20 — Making a terroristic threat is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 490.20 Making a terroristic threat.
1. A person is guilty of making a terroristic threat when with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she threatens to commit or cause to be committed a specified offense and thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of such offense.
2. It shall be no defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section that the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing the specified offense or that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject thereof.
Making a terroristic threat is a class D felony.