2023 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title H - Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation
Article 130 - Sex Offenses
130.96 - Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 130.96 (2023)
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§ 130.96 Predatory sexual assault against a child.

* A person is guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she commits the crime of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, as defined in this article, and the victim is less than thirteen years old.

* NB Effective until September 1, 2024

* A person is guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she commits the crime of rape in the first degree, a crime formerly defined in section 130.50 of this title, the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, as defined in this article, and the victim is less than thirteen years old.

* NB Effective September 1, 2024

Predatory sexual assault against a child is a class A-II felony.


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