N.Y. GBS Law § 137 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9-B / Section 137
Unauthorized wearing or use of badge, name or insignia of certain orders and societies
Status: in_force

§ 137. Unauthorized wearing or use of badge, name or insignia of\ncertain orders and societies. 1. Any person who wilfully wears, or\nattaches to any motor vehicle, the badge, insignia, rosette or the\nbutton of the Grand Army of the Republic, the insignia, badge or rosette\nof the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States or\nMilitary Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, or the badge or\nbutton of the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars\nof the United States, the American Legion, the Disabled American\nVeterans, the Military Order of the World War, the Army and Navy Union,\nU.S.A., or the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, or the Benevolent and\nProtective Order of Elks of the United States of America, or the Steuben\nSociety of America, or the Jewish War Veterans of the United States,\nInc., or the Catholic War Veterans, Inc., or the insignia or emblem of\nthe Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, or\nthe insignia or emblem of the National Italo-American War Veterans,\nInc., the insignia or emblem of the Polish Legion of American Veterans,\nInc., or the insignia or emblem of the Military Order of the Purple\nHeart, Inc., or the insignia or emblem of any lodge, society or\norganization subordinate to or recognized as Masonic by the Grand Lodge\nof Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, or the insignia or\nemblem of the Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., or\nthe insignia or emblem of the Order of the Eastern Star of the State of\nNew York, or the badge, banner, insignia, button or emblem of any lodge,\nsociety or organization subordinate to or recognized as Pythian by the\nGrand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the State of New York, or the badge,\ninsignia, button, tab, or chapeaux of La Societe des Forty Hommes et\neight Chevaux or the Marine Corps League, or AMVETS, American Veterans\nof World War II, Air Force Association, or the insignia or emblem of the\nKnights of Columbus, or the badge, shield, emblem or name of the Police\nConference of New York, Inc., or the badge, shield, emblem or name of\nthe New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, or the shield of the\nWestchester County Police Conference or the badge, shield, emblem or\nname of the New York State Fire Fighters Association, or the badge,\nshield, emblem or name of the Policemen's Benevolent Association of\nWestchester County, Inc., or the badge, shield, emblem or name of the\nMetropolitan Police Conference of Eastern New York, Inc., or the badge,\nshield, emblem or name of the Nassau Police Conference, Inc., or the\nbadge, shield, emblem or name of the International Veterans Boxers\nAssociation, or the badge, shield, emblem, insignia or name of the Grand\ncouncil of Guardians, Inc., or the badge, shield, emblem or name of the\nNew York Veteran Police Association, or the insignia, emblem, badge,\nbanner, button of Grand Lodge of the State of New York, Order Sons of\nItaly in America, Incorporated, or any subordinate Lodge or Grand Lodge\nof the State of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America, Incorporated,\nor the insignia, emblem, badge, banner, button of Ladies' Lodges, Grand\nLodge of the State of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America,\nIncorporated, or the badge, banner, insignia, button or emblem of any\nclan of the United Scottish Clans of New York and New Jersey, or the\ninsignia, emblem, badge, banner or button of The Ladies Auxiliary,\nItalian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, or the\nCivil Air Patrol, Inc., or the insignia, emblem, badge, banner or button\nof the Order of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive\nAssociation, Incorporated, or the insignia, emblem, badge, banner or\nbutton of the Polish Legion of American Veterans or Ladies Auxiliary of\nPolish Legion of American Veterans, or the insignia, emblem, badge,\nbanner, or button of the Veterans of World War I of the United States of\nAmerica Department of New York, Inc., China-Burma-India Veterans\nAssociation, Inc., Polish - American Veterans of World War II,\nAmsterdam, N. Y., Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War II,\nSchenectady, N. Y., Inc., World War Veterans Club of Lindenhurst, Inc.,\nthe Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, the Vietnam Veterans of\nAmerica, the Army and Navy Union of the United States, the American Gold\nStar Mothers, Inc., Regular Veterans Association, Inc., the 369th\nVeterans Association, Inc., the Tri-County Council of Vietnam Veterans,\nthe National Congress of Puerto Rican Veterans, or the Fleet Reserve\nAssociation, or the badge, insignia, rosette or button of any society,\norder or organization of ten years standing in the state of New York, or\nuses the same, or the name of any such society, order or organization by\nfalsely representing himself to be a member thereof in good standing, to\nobtain, or in attempting to obtain, aid or assistance within the state,\nor wilfully uses the names of any such society, order or organization,\nor the titles of its officers, or uses its insignia or emblems, or the\nforms or designs thereof, or its ritual or ceremonies unless entitled to\nuse or wear the same under the constitution and by-laws, rules, and\nregulations of such order or of such society, order or organization, is\nguilty of a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred\ndollars.\n  2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as superseding any\nprovision of law prohibiting certain use and display on private vehicles\nof state and other seals and insignia and of specified signs, lettering\nor devices.\n