{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-255.05","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 255.05","heading":"Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree","body":"§ 255.05 Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.\n  A person is guilty of unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree when,\nnot being a judicial officer authorized to issue decrees of divorce or\nannulment, he issues a written instrument reciting or certifying that he\nor some other purportedly but not actually authorized person has issued\na valid decree of civil divorce, annulment or other dissolution of a\nmarriage.\n  Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title O. Offenses Against Marriage, the Family, and the Welfare of Children and Incompetents","Article 255. Offenses Affecting the Marital Relationship"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/255.05","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"fc4d2264e0c98eebf2683043693a258eeebf10b74684e6a55b3d4194d1b33ae3","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-255.00","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-255.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}