N.Y. PEN Law § 255.05
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 255.05, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
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§ 255.05 Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.\n A person is guilty of unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree when,\nnot being a judicial officer authorized to issue decrees of divorce or\nannulment, he issues a written instrument reciting or certifying that he\nor some other purportedly but not actually authorized person has issued\na valid decree of civil divorce, annulment or other dissolution of a\nmarriage.\n Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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