N.Y. Penal Law § 245.00 : Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities And The Right To Privacy — Penal — Offenses Against Public Sensibilities — Public lewdness

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Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237

A person is guilty of public lewdness when he or she intentionally exposes the private or intimate parts of his or her body in a lewd manner or commits any other lewd act:

(a) in a public place, or
(b) (i) in private premises under circumstances in which he or she may readily be observed from either a public place or from other private premises, and with intent that he or she be so observed, or (ii) while trespassing, as defined in section 140.05 of this part, in a dwelling as defined in subdivision three of section 140.00 of this part, under circumstances in which he or she is observed by a lawful occupant.

Public lewdness is a class B misdemeanor.

N.Y. Penal Law § 245.00
Amended by New York Laws 2015, ch. 373,Sec. 1, eff. 11/1/2015.
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