Criminal facilitation in the third degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 115.01 Criminal facilitation in the third degree.
A person guilty of criminal facilitation in the third degree, when believing it probable that he is rendering aid to a person under sixteen years of age who intends to engage in conduct that would constitute a felony, 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 felony.
Criminal facilitation in the third degree is a class E felony.
A person over 18 commits third-degree criminal facilitation by believing it probable that the person is aiding someone under 16 who intends a felony, and providing means or opportunity that actually helps the younger person commit a felony. ★ It is a class E felony.
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.
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.