255.05 - Unlawfully Issuing a Dissolution Decree.

NY Penal L § 255.05 (2019) (N/A)
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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.