New York Penal Law Section 255.05 - Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.

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.


Last modified: February 3, 2019