Penal Law § 100.05

Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 100.05 Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree.

A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the fourth degree when:

1. with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause such other person to engage in such conduct; or

2. being over eighteen years of age, with intent that another person under sixteen years of age engage in conduct that would constitute a crime, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause such other person to engage in such conduct.

Criminal solicitation in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/100.05

In plain English

A person commits fourth-degree criminal solicitation by:

(1) intending that another person commit a felony and soliciting, requesting, commanding, urging, or otherwise trying to cause it; or
(2) while over 18, doing the same to cause someone under 16 to commit any crime. ★

It is a class A misdemeanor.

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 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.