Penal Law § 250.55 · Article 250. Offenses Against the Right to Privacy
Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree
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§ 250.55 Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree.
A person is guilty of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree when he or she, with knowledge of the unlawful conduct by which an image or images of the sexual or other intimate parts of another person or persons were obtained and such unlawful conduct would satisfy the essential elements of the crime of unlawful surveillance in the first or second degree, as defined, respectively, in section 250.50 or 250.45 of this article, intentionally disseminates such image or images.
Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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