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2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title J - OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT
Article 165 - (165.00 - 165.74) OTHER OFFENSES RELATING TO THEFT
165.20 - Fraudulently obtaining a signature.

NY Penal L § 165.20 (2014) What's This?
165.20 Fraudulently obtaining a signature.

A  person  is  guilty of fraudulently obtaining a signature when, with
  intent to defraud or injure another or to acquire a substantial  benefit
  for himself or a third person, he obtains the signature of a person to a
  written  instrument  by  means of any misrepresentation of fact which he
  knows to be false.

Fraudulently obtaining a signature is a class A misdemeanor.

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