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140.15 – Criminal trespass in the second degree

§ 140.15 Criminal trespass in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree when:

  1. he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling; or
  2. being a person required to maintain registration under article
    six-C of the correction law and designated a level two or level three
    offender pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred
    sixty-eight-l of the correction law, he or she enters or remains in a
    public or private elementary, parochial, intermediate, junior high,
    vocational or high school knowing that the victim of the offense for
    which such registration is required attends or formerly attended such
    school. It shall not be an offense subject to prosecution under this
    subdivision if: the person is a lawfully registered student at such
    school; the person is a lawful student participant in a school sponsored
    event; the person is a parent or a legal guardian of a lawfully
    registered student at such school and enters the school for the purpose
    of attending their child’s or dependent’s event or activity; such school
    is the person’s designated polling place and he or she enters such
    school building for the limited purpose of voting; or if the person
    enters such school building for the limited purposes authorized by the
    superintendent or chief administrator of such school.

    Criminal trespass in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Criminal Laws NY

Criminal Laws NY