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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.48: Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Law
- Part 3. Specific Offenses
- Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
- Article 240. Offenses Against Public Order
§ 240.48 Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice.
A person is guilty of disseminating a false registered sex offender
notice when, knowing the information he or she disseminates or causes to
be disseminated to be false or baseless, such person disseminates or
causes to be disseminated any notice which purports to be an official
notice from a government agency or a law enforcement agency and such
notice asserts that an individual is a registered sex offender.
Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice is a class A
misdemeanor.
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