Use of a child in a sexual performance · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 263.05 Use of a child in a sexual performance.
A person is guilty of the use of a child in a sexual performance if knowing the character and content thereof he employs, authorizes or induces a child less than seventeen years of age to engage in a sexual performance or being a parent, legal guardian or custodian of such child, he consents to the participation by such child in a sexual performance.
Use of a child in a sexual performance is a class C felony.
A person who knows the performance’s character and content commits this offense by employing, authorizing, or inducing a child under 17 to take part in a sexual performance, or, as the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian, consenting to the child’s participation. It is a class C 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.