Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.05 — Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.05
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
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- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 255.05 Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 255.05 — Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.