§453. Unsworn falsification
1.
A person is guilty of unsworn falsification if:
A.
That person makes a written false statement that that person does not believe to be true on or pursuant to a form conspicuously bearing notification authorized by statute or regulation to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable;
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]
B.
With the intent to deceive a public servant in the performance of that public servant's official duties, that person:
(1)
Makes any written false statement that that person does not believe to be true, except that this subsection does not apply in the case of a written false statement made to a law enforcement officer by a person then in official custody and suspected of having committed a crime, except as provided in paragraph C;
(2)
Knowingly creates, or attempts to create, a false impression in a written application for any pecuniary or other benefit by omitting information necessary to prevent statements in that application from being misleading; or
(3)
Submits or invites reliance on any sample, specimen, map, boundary mark or other object that that person knows to be false; or
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]
C.
With the intent to conceal that person's identity from a law enforcement officer while under arrest for a crime, after having been warned that it is a crime to give false information concerning identity, that person gives false information concerning that person's name or date of birth, including, but not limited to, a signature.
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]
2.
Unsworn falsification is a Class D crime.
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 317, §§16-19 (AMD). RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).