Authorized disposition; making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.28 Authorized disposition; making graffiti and possession of
graffiti instruments.
When a person is convicted of an offense defined in section 145.60 or 145.65 of this chapter, or of an attempt to commit such offense, and the sentence imposed by the court for such conviction includes a sentence of probation or conditional discharge, the court shall, where appropriate, include as a condition of such sentence the defendant's successful participation in a graffiti removal program pursuant to paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section 65.10 of this chapter.
When a person is convicted of § 145.60 or § 145.65 graffiti offenses, or an attempt, and receives probation or conditional discharge, the court must, where appropriate, require successful participation in a graffiti-removal program under § 65.10(2)(h). ★
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.