Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 165.06 Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree.
A person is guilty of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree when:
He commits the crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree as defined in subdivision one of section 165.05 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree as defined in subdivision one of section 165.05 or second degree within the preceding ten years.
Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree is a class E felony.
A person commits second-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle by committing third-degree unauthorized use under § 165.05(1) after a conviction for that same offense or second-degree unauthorized use within the preceding 10 years. ★ 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.