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Legal Information: New York
Selected Statutes: New York
Updated:
September 12, 2025Sec. 130.20 Sexual misconduct
A person is guilty of sexual misconduct when:
1. He or she engages in vaginal sexual contact with another person without such person’s consent; or
2. He or she engages in oral sexual contact with another person without such person’s consent; or
3. He or she engages in anal sexual contact with another person without such person’s consent; or
4. He or she engages in sexual conduct with an animal or a dead human body.
Sexual misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.
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