Resisting arrest · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 205.30 Resisting arrest.
A person is guilty of resisting arrest when he intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of himself or another person.
Resisting arrest is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits resisting arrest by intentionally preventing or trying to prevent a police officer or peace officer from making an authorized arrest of that person or someone else. ★ 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.