Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 490.35 Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree.
A person is guilty of hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree when he or she renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed an act of terrorism that resulted in the death of a person other than one of the participants, knowing or believing that such person engaged in conduct constituting an act of terrorism.
Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree is a class B felony.
Rendering criminal assistance to someone whose act of terrorism caused the death of a nonparticipant, knowing or believing that the person engaged in conduct constituting an act of terrorism, is hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree, a class B 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.