Unlawful disclosure of an indictment · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.75 Unlawful disclosure of an indictment.
A public servant is guilty of unlawful disclosure of an indictment when, except in the proper discharge of his official duties, he intentionally discloses the fact that an indictment has been found or filed before the accused person is in custody.
Unlawful disclosure of an indictment is a class B misdemeanor.
A public servant who, outside the proper discharge of official duties, intentionally reveals that an indictment was found or filed before the accused is in custody commits unlawful disclosure of an indictment, a class B 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.