Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 135.10 Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree.
A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree when he restrains another person under circumstances which expose the latter to a risk of serious physical injury.
Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is a class E felony.
A person commits first-degree unlawful imprisonment by restraining another person under circumstances that expose that person to a risk of serious physical injury. ★ 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.