Criminal contempt of a temporary state commission · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.65 Criminal contempt of a temporary state commission.
A person is guilty of criminal contempt of a temporary state commission when, having been duly subpoenaed to attend as a witness at an investigation or hearing before a temporary state commission, he fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse.
Criminal contempt of a temporary state commission is a class A misdemeanor.
A person who was duly subpoenaed as a witness at a temporary state commission’s investigation or hearing and fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse commits this offense, 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.