2012 New York Consolidated Laws
RPP - Real Property
Article 12 - (370 - 436) REGISTERING TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
431 - Forgery and fraudulent stamping; penalty.

 
    §  431.  Forgery  and fraudulent stamping; penalty. Whoever forges, or
  procures to be forged, or assists in forging, the seal of the registrar,
  or the name, signature, handwriting of any officer  of  the  registrar's
  office;  or fraudulently stamps or procures to be stamped, or assists in
  stamping, any document with any forged seal of said registrar, or forges
  or procures to be forged, or assists in forging, the name, signature  or
  handwriting  of  any  person  whomsoever,  to  any  instrument  which is
  expressly or impliedly authorized to be signed by such person,  or  uses
  any  document upon which any impression or part of the impression of any
  seal of said registrar has been forged, knowing the same  to  have  been
  forged,  or any document the signature to which has been forged, knowing
  the same to have been forged, or swears falsely concerning any matter or
  proceeding made or done in pursuance of this article, shall be guilty of
  a felony.