CPL § 20.30

Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; effect of laws of other jurisdictions upon this state's jurisdiction · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 20.30 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; effect of laws of other

jurisdictions upon this state's jurisdiction.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20.20, the courts of this state do not have jurisdiction to convict a person of an alleged offense partly committed within this state but consummated in another jurisdiction, or an offense of criminal solicitation, conspiracy or attempt in this state to commit a crime in another jurisdiction, or an offense of criminal facilitation in this state of a felony committed in another jurisdiction, unless the conduct constituting the consummated offense or, as the case may be, the conduct constituting the crime solicited, conspiratorially contemplated or facilitated, constitutes an offense under the laws of such other jurisdiction as well as under the laws of this state.

2. The courts of this state are not deprived of the jurisdiction accorded them by section 20.20 to convict a person of an offense defined by the laws of this state, partly committed in another jurisdiction but consummated in this state, or an offense of attempt or conspiracy in another jurisdiction to commit in this state a crime defined by the laws of this state, by the circumstance that the conduct constituting the consummated offense or, as the case may be, the crime attempted or conspiratorially contemplated, does not constitute an offense under the laws of such other jurisdiction.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/20.30

In plain English

(1) New York lacks jurisdiction over conduct begun here but completed elsewhere—or New York solicitation, conspiracy, attempt, or facilitation aimed at an out-of-state crime—unless the completed or intended conduct is an offense under both New York law and the other jurisdiction’s law. ★
(2) When an offense is completed in New York, or an out-of-state attempt or conspiracy targets a New York crime, New York keeps the jurisdiction granted by § 20.20 even if the conduct is not an offense in the other jurisdiction. ★

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.