New York legal term
Vaginal sexual contact in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Vaginal sexual contact” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Vaginal sexual contact” mean in New York criminal law?
"Vaginal sexual contact" means conduct between persons consisting of contact between the penis and the vagina or vulva. 2. (N.Y. Penal Law § 130.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first degree
- Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree
- Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree
- Coercion in the second degree
- Course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree
- Disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree
- Incest in the third degree
- Rape in the first degree
- Rape in the second degree
- Rape in the third degree
- Sexual misconduct
Related terms in the same statutes
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