New York Penal Code § 255.05

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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