Stalking in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 120.60 Stalking in the first degree.
A person is guilty of stalking in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of stalking in the third degree as defined in subdivision three of section 120.50 or stalking in the second degree as defined in section 120.55 of this article and, in the course and furtherance thereof, he or she:
1. intentionally or recklessly causes physical injury to the victim of such crime; or
2. commits a class A misdemeanor defined in article one hundred thirty of this chapter, or a class E felony defined in section 130.25, former section 130.40 or section 130.85 of this chapter, or a class D felony defined in former section 130.45 or section 130.30 of this chapter.
Stalking in the first degree is a class D felony.
A person commits stalking in the first degree by committing stalking in the third degree under § 120.50(3) or stalking in the second degree under § 120.55 and, in the course and furtherance of it:
It is a class D 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.