Legislation
SECTION 255.05
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE O, ARTICLE 255
§ 255.05 Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree.
A person is guilty of unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree when,
not being a judicial officer authorized to issue decrees of divorce or
annulment, he issues a written instrument reciting or certifying that he
or some other purportedly but not actually authorized person has issued
a valid decree of civil divorce, annulment or other dissolution of a
marriage.
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person is guilty of unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree when,
not being a judicial officer authorized to issue decrees of divorce or
annulment, he issues a written instrument reciting or certifying that he
or some other purportedly but not actually authorized person has issued
a valid decree of civil divorce, annulment or other dissolution of a
marriage.
Unlawfully issuing a dissolution decree is a class A misdemeanor.