2006 New York Code - False Identification Documents

 
    §  143.  False  identification  documents. 1. As used in this section,
  "false identification document" means any document, including a personal
  identification card, which is of a type intended  or  commonly  used  or
  accepted  for  the purpose of identification of individuals and which is
  not issued by or under the lawful authority of the  named  or  indicated
  issuer.  "False  identification  document" shall also include a personal
  identification document intended or commonly used or  accepted  for  the
  purpose of identification which resembles or is intended to resemble one
  issued  by  the named or indicated issuer even though that issuer may be
  fictitious.
    2. No person, firm or corporation shall produce, advertise, offer  for
  sale,  sell,  distribute  or  otherwise transfer in this state any false
  personal identification document unless such  document  bears  the  word
  "NOVELTY" diagonally printed clearly and indelibly on both the front and
  back  of  such document in capital letters in not less than twelve point
  type.
    3. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application
  may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the
  state  of  New  York or by the corporation counsel for any city or by an
  attorney properly designated by the  governing  body  to  represent  any
  other  political  subdivision, to a court or justice having jurisdiction
  by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice  to  the
  respondent  of  not  less  than  five  days,  to enjoin and restrain the
  continuance  of  such  violations;  and  if  it  shall  appear  to   the
  satisfaction  of  the court or justice that the respondent has, in fact,
  violated this section, an injunction may be  issued  by  such  court  or
  justice,  enjoining  and  restraining  any  further  violation,  without
  requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been  injured  or  damaged
  thereby.    Whenever  the court shall determine that a violation of this
  section has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of  not  more
  than  five  hundred  dollars  for each violation. In connection with any
  such proposed application, the attorney general, corporation counsel  or
  other properly designated attorney, as the case may be, is authorized to
  take  proof  and make a determination of the relevant facts and to issue
  subpoenas in accordance with the civil practice law and rules. Each sale
  of a false identification  document  shall  constitute  a  separate  and
  distinct violation.