Criminal use of an access device in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 190.75 Criminal use of an access device in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal use of an access device in the second degree when he knowingly uses an access device without consent of an owner thereof with intent to unlawfully obtain telecommunications services on behalf of himself or a third person. As used in this section, access device shall have the meaning set forth in subdivision seven-c of section 155.00 of this chapter.
Criminal use of an access device in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits second-degree criminal use of an access device by knowingly using it without the owner’s consent, intending to unlawfully obtain telecommunications services for oneself or another. ★ “Access device” has the meaning in § 155.00(7-c). The offense 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.