2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title P - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 270 - (270.00 - 270.35) OTHER OFFENSES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY
270.25 - Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree.

§ 270.25 Unlawful  fleeing  a  police  officer in a motor vehicle in the
              third degree.
    A person is guilty of unlawful fleeing a police  officer  in  a  motor
  vehicle  in  the  third  degree  when,  knowing  that he or she has been
  directed to stop his or her motor vehicle by a uniformed police  officer
  or a marked police vehicle by the activation of either the lights or the
  lights  and siren of such vehicle, he or she thereafter attempts to flee
  such officer or such vehicle by driving at speeds which equal or  exceed
  twenty-five miles per hour above the speed limit or engaging in reckless
  driving  as  defined by section twelve hundred twelve of the vehicle and
  traffic law.
    Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a  motor  vehicle  in  the  third
  degree is a class A misdemeanor.

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