N.Y. General Business Law § 137: Unauthorized wearing or use of badge, name or insignia of certain orders and societies

§ 137. Unauthorized wearing or use of badge, name or insignia of

certain orders and societies. 1. Any person who wilfully wears, or

attaches to any motor vehicle, the badge, insignia, rosette or the

button of the Grand Army of the Republic, the insignia, badge or rosette

of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States or

Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, or the badge or

button of the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars

of the United States, the American Legion, the Disabled American

Veterans, the Military Order of the World War, the Army and Navy Union,

U.S.A., or the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, or the Benevolent and

Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America, or the Steuben

Society of America, or the Jewish War Veterans of the United States,

Inc., or the Catholic War Veterans, Inc., or the insignia or emblem of

the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, or

the insignia or emblem of the National Italo-American War Veterans,

Inc., the insignia or emblem of the Polish Legion of American Veterans,

Inc., or the insignia or emblem of the Military Order of the Purple

Heart, Inc., or the insignia or emblem of any lodge, society or

organization subordinate to or recognized as Masonic by the Grand Lodge

of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, or the insignia or

emblem of the Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., or

the insignia or emblem of the Order of the Eastern Star of the State of

New York, or the badge, banner, insignia, button or emblem of any lodge,

society or organization subordinate to or recognized as Pythian by the

Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the State of New York, or the badge,

insignia, button, tab, or chapeaux of La Societe des Forty Hommes et

eight Chevaux or the Marine Corps League, or AMVETS, American Veterans

of World War II, Air Force Association, or the insignia or emblem of the

Knights of Columbus, or the badge, shield, emblem or name of the Police

Conference of New York, Inc., or the badge, shield, emblem or name of

the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, or the shield of the

Westchester County Police Conference or the badge, shield, emblem or

name of the New York State Fire Fighters Association, or the badge,

shield, emblem or name of the Policemen's Benevolent Association of

Westchester County, Inc., or the badge, shield, emblem or name of the

Metropolitan Police Conference of Eastern New York, Inc., or the badge,

shield, emblem or name of the Nassau Police Conference, Inc., or the

badge, shield, emblem or name of the International Veterans Boxers

Association, or the badge, shield, emblem, insignia or name of the Grand

council of Guardians, Inc., or the badge, shield, emblem or name of the

New York Veteran Police Association, or the insignia, emblem, badge,

banner, button of Grand Lodge of the State of New York, Order Sons of

Italy in America, Incorporated, or any subordinate Lodge or Grand Lodge

of the State of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America, Incorporated,

or the insignia, emblem, badge, banner, button of Ladies' Lodges, Grand

Lodge of the State of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America,

Incorporated, or the badge, banner, insignia, button or emblem of any

clan of the United Scottish Clans of New York and New Jersey, or the

insignia, emblem, badge, banner or button of The Ladies Auxiliary,

Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, or the

Civil Air Patrol, Inc., or the insignia, emblem, badge, banner or button

of the Order of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive

Association, Incorporated, or the insignia, emblem, badge, banner or

button of the Polish Legion of American Veterans or Ladies Auxiliary of

Polish Legion of American Veterans, or the insignia, emblem, badge,

banner, or button of the Veterans of World War I of the United States of

America Department of New York, Inc., China-Burma-India Veterans

Association, Inc., Polish - American Veterans of World War II,

Amsterdam, N. Y., Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War II,

Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., World War Veterans Club of Lindenhurst, Inc.,

the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, the Vietnam Veterans of

America, the Army and Navy Union of the United States, the American Gold

Star Mothers, Inc., Regular Veterans Association, Inc., the 369th

Veterans Association, Inc., the Tri-County Council of Vietnam Veterans,

the National Congress of Puerto Rican Veterans, or the Fleet Reserve

Association, or the badge, insignia, rosette or button of any society,

order or organization of ten years standing in the state of New York, or

uses the same, or the name of any such society, order or organization by

falsely representing himself to be a member thereof in good standing, to

obtain, or in attempting to obtain, aid or assistance within the state,

or wilfully uses the names of any such society, order or organization,

or the titles of its officers, or uses its insignia or emblems, or the

forms or designs thereof, or its ritual or ceremonies unless entitled to

use or wear the same under the constitution and by-laws, rules, and

regulations of such order or of such society, order or organization, is

guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred

dollars.

2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as superseding any

provision of law prohibiting certain use and display on private vehicles

of state and other seals and insignia and of specified signs, lettering

or devices.