Criminal use of a public benefit card in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 158.30 Criminal use of a public benefit card in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal use of a public benefit card in the second degree when he or she knowingly:
1. Loans money or otherwise provides property or services on credit, and accepts a public benefit card as collateral or security for the repayment of such loan or for the provision of such property or services;
2. Obtains a public benefit card in exchange for a benefit; or
3. Transfers or delivers a public benefit card to another (a) in exchange for money or a controlled substance as defined in subdivision five of section 220.00, or (b) for the purpose of committing an unlawful act.
Criminal use of a public benefit card in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits second-degree criminal use of a public benefit card by knowingly:
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.
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.