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N.Y. General Business Law § 90 (2026)

Fictitious bills of lading, receipts and vouchers

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§ 90. Fictitious bills of lading, receipts and vouchers. A person who:
Being the master, owner or agent of any vessel, or officer or agent of
any railway, express or transportation company, or otherwise being or
representing any carrier, delivers any bill of lading, receipt or other
voucher, by which it appears that mechandise of any kind has been
shipped on board a vessel, or delivered to a railway, express or
transportation company, or other carrier, unless the same has been so
shipped or delivered and is at the time actually under the control of
such carrier, or the master, owner or agent of such vessel or of some
officer or agent of such company, to be forwarded as expressed in such
bill of lading, receipt or voucher, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2013–2013 · leading case: HCI Distrib., Inc. v. New York State Police, 110 A.D.3d 1297 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013).
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HCI Distrib., Inc. v. New York State Police, 110 A.D.3d 1297 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013). “Here, petitioner points to the bill of lading, a legally defined document under state law (see General Business Law § 90; 17 NYCRR 810.3), which accompanied the cigarettes and set forth the quantity and source of the cigarettes and that their destination was out-of-state.”
HCI Distrib., Inc. v. New York State Police, 110 A.D.3d 1297 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013). “Here, petitioner points to the bill of lading, a legally defined document under state law (see General Business Law § 90; 17 NYCRR 810.3), which accompanied the cigarettes and set forth the quantity and source of the cigarettes and that their destination was out-of-state.”
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