Penal Law § 490.10

Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree  ·  as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 490.10 Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the

second degree.

A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree when, with intent that material support or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out or aid in either an act of terrorism or the concealment of, or an escape from, an act of terrorism, he or she raises, solicits, collects or provides material support or resources.

Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree is a class D felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/490.10

In plain English

A person solicits or provides support for terrorism in the second degree by raising, soliciting, collecting, or providing material support or resources, intending that they be used in whole or part to plan, prepare, carry out, aid, conceal, or escape from an act of terrorism. 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.