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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE O
Offenses Against Marriage, the Family, and the Welfare of Children and Incompetents
ARTICLE 255
Offenses Affecting the Marital Relationship
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SECTION 255.05
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE O, ARTICLE 255
§ 255.05 Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.

A person is guilty of unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree when,
not being a judicial officer authorized to issue decrees of divorce or
annulment, he issues a written instrument reciting or certifying that he
or some other purportedly but not actually authorized person has issued
a valid decree of civil divorce, annulment or other dissolution of a
marriage.

Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is a class A misdemeanor.