N.Y. Penal Law Section 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.

Source: Section 255.05 — Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/255.­05 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Sep. 7, 2024).

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Sep. 7, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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