New York Tax Law (Consolidated Laws)
N.Y. Tax Law § 275
Illegal use of stamps; penalty
§ 275. Illegal use of stamps; penalty. Any person who shall willfully remove or alter or knowingly permit to be removed or altered the canceling or defacing marks of any stamp provided for by this article with intent to use such stamp, or who shall knowingly or willfully buy, prepare for use, use, have in his possession or suffer to be used any washed, restored or counterfeit stamp, and any person who shall intentionally remove or cause to be removed or knowingly permit to be removed any stamp, affixed pursuant to the requirements of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
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In this article (22 sections)
- 270 · Amount of tax
- 270-B · Exemption of certain transfers to legatees and others
- 270-C · Transfers by operation of law; special exemptions
- 270-D · Tax surcharge
- 270-E · Maximum amounts of tax
- 271 · Stamps, how prepared and sold
- 271-A · Sale of stamps
- 272 · Penalty for failure to pay tax; liability for tax of agent or…
- 273 · Canceling stamps; penalty for failure
- 274 · Contracts for dies; expenses, how paid
- 275 · Illegal use of stamps; penalty
- 275-A · Registration; penalty for failure
- 276 · Power of tax commission
- 277 · Penalties; how recovered
- 278 · Effect of failure to pay tax
- 279 · Application of taxes
- 279-A · Determination of tax
- 279-B · Warrant for the collection of taxes
- 280 · Refund of tax erroneously paid
- 280-A · Rebate for stock transfer tax paid; penalty for false claims
- 281 · Statute of limitations not applicable
- 281-A · Alternative method of collection