Obscenity in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 235.07 Obscenity in the first degree.
A person is guilty of obscenity in the first degree when, knowing its content and character, he wholesale promotes or possesses with intent to wholesale promote, any obscene material.
Obscenity in the first degree is a class D felony.
Knowingly wholesale-promoting, or possessing with intent to wholesale-promote, obscene material is first-degree obscenity, 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.