N.Y. Penal Law § 255.05

§ 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.\n