{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "100.00", "citation": "Penal Law § 100.00", "heading": "Criminal solicitation in the fifth degree", "text": ["§ 100.00 Criminal solicitation in the fifth degree.", "A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the fifth degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a crime, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause such other person to engage in such conduct.", "Criminal solicitation in the fifth degree is a violation."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/100.00", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A person commits fifth-degree criminal solicitation by intending that another person commit a **crime** and **soliciting, requesting, commanding, urging, or otherwise trying to cause that conduct**. ★ It is a **violation**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/100.00", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}