Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 490.30 Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree.
A person is guilty of hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree when he or she renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed an act of terrorism, knowing or believing that such person engaged in conduct constituting an act of terrorism.
Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree is a class C felony.
Rendering criminal assistance to someone who committed an act of terrorism, knowing or believing that the person engaged in conduct constituting an act of terrorism, is hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree, 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.