As copyright law applies to the entire United States, the
following is an excerpt from Title 17 of the United States Code,
Chapter One, Section 106A: "(a) Rights of Attribution and
Integrity. �?? Subject to section 107 and independent of the
exclusive rights provided in section 106, the author of a work of
visual art �?? (1) shall have the right �?? (A) to claim authorship
of that work, and (B) to prevent the use of his or her name as the
author of any work of visual art which he or she did not create;".
The full text of Chapter One of Title 17 can be found here: . There
are many more laws that apply to your situation so feel free to
read through this chapter.