N.Y. GBS Law § 450-A
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Unauthorized sale of cemetery markers and flag holders
Official statutory text
§ 450-a. Unauthorized sale of cemetery markers and flag holders.\nExcept for a veterans' organization, those businesses which normally\ncarry on such trade, or are authorized by veterans' organizations to do\nso, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or\ncorporation to engage in the buying or selling of metal cemetery markers\nand flag holders bearing the insignia of any veterans' organization\nplaced upon the graves of veterans. A violation of the provisions of\nthis section shall constitute a violation and shall be punishable by a\nfine of not more than five hundred dollars or not more than fifteen days\nimprisonment or both.\n
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