N.Y. Penal Law § 255.27: Incest in the first degree
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Law
- Part 3. Specific Offenses
- Title O. Offenses Against Marriage, the Family, and the Welfare of Children and Incompetents
- Article 255. Offenses Affecting the Marital Relationship
§ 255.27 Incest in the first degree.
A person is guilty of incest in the first degree when he or she
commits the crime of rape in the first degree, as defined in paragraph
(c) or (d) of subdivision one, paragraph (c) or (d) of subdivision two
or paragraph (c) or (d) of subdivision three of section 130.35 of this
part, rape in the first degree as defined in former subdivision three or
four of section 130.35 of this part, or a crime formerly defined in
subdivision three or four of section 130.50 of this part, against a
person whom he or she knows to be related to him or her, whether through
marriage or not, as an ancestor, descendant, brother or sister of either
the whole or half blood, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
Incest in the first degree is a class B felony.
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