N.Y. PEN Law § 230.11
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 230.11, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree
Official statutory text
§ 230.11 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third\n degree.\n A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution\nin the third degree when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she\npatronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less\nthan seventeen years old and the person guilty of patronizing engages in\nvaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact, anal sexual contact, or\naggravated sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 130.00\nof this part, with the person patronized.\n Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree is\na class E felony.\n
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