Penal Law § 115.00

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

§ 115.00 Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree.

A person is guilty of criminal facilitation in the fourth degree when, believing it probable that he is rendering aid:

1. to a person who intends to commit a crime, he engages in conduct which provides such person with means or opportunity for the commission thereof and which in fact aids such person to commit a felony; or

2. to a person under sixteen years of age who intends to engage in conduct which would constitute a crime, he, being over eighteen years of age, engages in conduct which provides such person with means or opportunity for the commission thereof and which in fact aids such person to commit a crime.

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

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/115.00

In plain English

A person commits fourth-degree criminal facilitation by:

(1) believing it probable that someone intends a crime and providing means or opportunity that actually helps that person commit a felony; or
(2) while over 18, doing the same for someone under 16 and actually helping that younger person commit a 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.