Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 230.12 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second
degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than fifteen years old and the person guilty of patronizing engages in vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual contact, or aggravated sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 130.00 of this part, with the person patronized.
Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree is a class D felony.
A person 18 years old or older commits aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree by patronizing a person younger than 15 years and engaging with that person in vaginal, oral, anal, or aggravated sexual contact as defined in § 130.00. ★ 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.
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.