§ 2133 — Forged insurance identification cards

§ 2133. Forged insurance identification cards. Any insurance company,\ninsurance agent, insurance broker or other person who or which,\npersonally or by the action of an employee or agent, possesses,\ntransfers or uses a forged insurance identification card for a motor\nvehicle, having knowledge, personally or through such employee or agent,\nof the fact that such insurance identification card, when issued, did\nnot actually represent an owner's policy of liability insurance or a\nfinancial security bond issued by an insurance company licensed to do\nbusiness in this state covering the motor vehicle identified on such\ncard, shall be liable for payment to the people of this state of a civil\npenalty in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for the first such\nviolation and a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each\nsubsequent violation. For the purposes of this section the term "forged\ninsurance identification card" means a written insurance identification\ncard which has been falsely made, completed or altered, and the term\n"falsely made, completed or altered" shall have the same meaning as set\nforth in section 170.00 of the penal law.\n