N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 392: False statements, alteration of records or substitution in connection with any examination

§ 392. False statements, alteration of records or substitution in

connection with any examination. Any person knowingly making a false

statement in an application for any document issued by the commissioner

or in any proof or statement in writing in connection with such an

application, or who shall deceive or substitute or cause another to

deceive or substitute in connection with any examination hereunder, or

who shall wilfully alter a number plate (except for restoration purposes

pursuant to schedule G of subdivision seven of section four hundred one

of this chapter), or make a material alteration on any document issued

pursuant to this chapter, or unlawfully use a validating device on a

certificate of registration, license or any other form, shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor. A person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public

highway displaying or using any document that he or she knows has been

obtained in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the imposition of a

charge of any other offense set forth in this chapter or any other

provision of law for any acts arising out of the same incident.