2006 New York Code - Legislative Findings.

 
    §  855.  Legislative findings. The legislature finds that, as a result
  of the high value of Torah scrolls, there has  developed  a  market  for
  stolen scrolls. Because scrolls are virtually identical and difficult to
  identify,  it  is  necessary  to  provide  a  system by which buyers can
  satisfy themselves that the scroll they are purchasing  was  not  stolen
  thereby  protecting  the  integrity  of  the  marketplace, and to thwart
  trafficking in stolen goods of  this  unique  nature.  Accordingly,  the
  provisions of this article are enacted.