Penal Law § 205.10

Escape in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 205.10 Escape in the second degree.

A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when:

1. He escapes from a detention facility; or

2. Having been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a class C, class D or class E felony, he escapes from custody; or

3. Having been adjudicated a youthful offender, which finding was substituted for the conviction of a felony, he escapes from custody.

Escape in the second degree is a class E felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/205.10

In plain English

A person commits second-degree escape by:

(1) escaping from a detention facility;
(2) escaping from custody after being arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a class C, D, or E felony; or
(3) escaping from custody after a youthful-offender finding replaced a felony conviction. ★

The offense 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.

In print

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.