New York legal term
Sexual conduct in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Sexual conduct” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Sexual conduct” mean in New York criminal law?
"Sexual conduct" means vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual contact, aggravated sexual contact, or sexual contact. 11. (N.Y. Penal Law § 130.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Coercion in the third degree
- Course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree
- Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree
- Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree
- Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree
- Possessing a sexual performance by a child
- Predatory sexual assault
- Predatory sexual assault against a child
- Promoting a sexual performance by a child
- Prostitution
- Public display of offensive sexual material
- Sexual misconduct
Related terms in the same statutes
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