Promoting a suicide attempt · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 120.30 Promoting a suicide attempt.
A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he intentionally causes or aids another person to attempt suicide.
Promoting a suicide attempt is a class E felony.
A person promotes a suicide attempt by intentionally causing or helping another person attempt suicide. ★ 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.