Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 230.04 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree.
A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree when he or she patronizes a person for prostitution.
Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person who patronizes another person for prostitution commits patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree, 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.