New york criminal sexual act

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The Laws of New York Consolidated Laws of New York CHAPTER 40 Specific Offenses Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation ARTICLE 130 Sex Offenses SECTION 130.35 Rape in the first degree ARTICLE 130 Sex Offenses SECTION 130.45 Criminal sexual act in the second degree

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SECTION 130.40 Criminal sexual act in the third degree Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE H, ARTICLE 130

* § 130.40 Criminal sexual act in the third degree.

A person is guilty of criminal sexual act in the third degree when:

1. He or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
with a person who is incapable of consent by reason of some factor other
than being less than seventeen years old;

2. Being twenty-one years old or more, he or she engages in oral
sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct with a person less than seventeen
years old; or

3. He or she engages in oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct
with another person without such person's consent where such lack of
consent is by reason of some factor other than incapacity to consent.

Criminal sexual act in the third degree is a class E felony.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2024