Penal Law § 230.08

Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 230.08 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone.

1. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eighteen years old at a place that he or she knows, or reasonably should know, is in a school zone.

2. For purposes of this section, "school zone" shall mean "school zone" as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.

Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone is a class E felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/230.08

In plain English

(1) A person 21 years old or older commits this offense by patronizing a person younger than 18 years at a place the actor knows or reasonably should know is in a school zone. ★
(2) “School zone” has the meaning in § 230.03(2).

The offense is a class E 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.