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2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title N - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SENSIBILITIES AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Article 240 - (240.00 - 240.77) OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
240.48 - Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice.

NY Penal L § 240.48 (2014) What's This?
240.48 Disseminating a false registered sex offender notice.

A  person  is  guilty of disseminating a false registered sex offender
  notice when, knowing the information he or she disseminates or causes to
  be disseminated to be false or baseless,  such  person  disseminates  or
  causes  to  be  disseminated any notice which purports to be an official
  notice from a government agency or a law  enforcement  agency  and  such
  notice asserts that an individual is a registered sex offender.

Disseminating  a  false  registered  sex  offender notice is a class A
  misdemeanor.

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