Penal Law § 250.50 · Article 250. Offenses Against the Right to Privacy
Unlawful surveillance in the first degree
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§ 250.50 Unlawful surveillance in the first degree.
A person is guilty of unlawful surveillance in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of unlawful surveillance in the second degree and has been previously convicted within the past ten years of unlawful surveillance in the first or second degree.
Unlawful surveillance in the first degree is a class D felony.
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