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§706-A
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 29: FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES
§707-A

§707. Falsifying private records

1.  A person is guilty of falsifying private records if, with intent to defraud any person, that person:  
A. Makes a false entry in the records of an organization;   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §48 (COR).]
B. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the records of an organization;   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §48 (COR).]
C. Omits to make a true entry in the records of an organization in violation of a duty to do so that that person knows to be imposed on that person by statute; or   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §48 (COR).]
D. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission of a true entry in the records of an organization.   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §48 (COR).]
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §48 (COR).]
2.  Falsifying private records is a Class E crime.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §48 (COR).
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