N.Y. Penal Law Section 260.21
Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree

A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree when:

1.

Being an owner, lessee, manager or employee of a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or given away, he permits a child less than sixteen years old to enter or remain in such place unless:

(a)

The child is accompanied by his parent, guardian or an adult authorized by a parent or guardian; or

(b)

The entertainment or activity is being conducted for the benefit or under the auspices of a non-profit school, church or other educational or religious institution; or

(c)

Otherwise permitted by law to do so; or

(d)

The establishment is closed to the public for a specified period of time to conduct an activity or entertainment, during which the child is in or remains in such establishment, and no alcoholic beverages are sold, served, given away or consumed at such establishment during such period. The state liquor authority shall be notified in writing by the licensee of such establishment, of the intended closing of such establishment, to conduct any such activity or entertainment, not less than ten days prior to any such closing; or

2.

He marks the body of a child less than eighteen years old with indelible ink or pigments by means of tattooing; or

3.

He or she sells or causes to be sold tobacco in any form to a child less than twenty-one years old. It is no defense to a prosecution pursuant to subdivision three of this section that the child acted as the agent or representative of another person or that the defendant dealt with the child as such. Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.

Source: Section 260.21 — Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/260.21 (updated Nov. 15, 2019; accessed Dec. 13, 2025).

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N.Y. Penal Law Section 260.21 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree

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N.Y. Penal Law Section 260.21
Unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree