Penal Law § 230.06

Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 230.06 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree.

A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree when:

1. He or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eleven years old; or

2. Being eighteen years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than thirteen years old.

Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree is a class D felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/230.06

In plain English

A person commits first-degree patronizing a person for prostitution by:

(1) patronizing a person younger than 11 years; or
(2) while 18 years old or older, patronizing a person younger than 13 years. ★

The offense is a class D 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.