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N.Y. Penal Law § 120.70 — Luring a child
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 120: Assault and Related Offenses, New York Penal Law.
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Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 120.70
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
120.70 Luring a child.
1. A person is guilty of luring a child when he or she lures a child
into a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, isolated area, building, or
part thereof, for the purpose of committing against such child any of
the following offenses: an offense as defined in section 70.02 of this
chapter; an offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this
chapter; a felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred
thirty of this chapter; an offense as defined in section 135.25 of this
chapter; an offense as defined in sections 230.30, 230.33, 230.34 or
230.34-a of this chapter; an offense as defined in sections 255.25,
255.26, or 255.27 of this chapter; or an offense as defined in sections
263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of this chapter. For purposes of this
subdivision "child" means a person less than seventeen years of age.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence
warrants, a conviction for the commission or attempted commission of any
crime, including but not limited to a crime defined in article one
hundred thirty-five of this chapter.
2. Luring a child is a class E felony, provided, however, that if the
underlying offense the actor intended to commit against such child
constituted a class A or a class B felony, then the offense of luring a
child in violation of this section shall be deemed respectively, a class
C felony or class D felony.
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