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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 523.100: Unsworn falsification to authorities.

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  1. KRS Chapter 523

(1) A person is guilty of unsworn falsification to authorities when, with an intent to

mislead a public servant in the performance of his duty, he:

(a) Makes a material false written statement, which he does not believe, in an

application for any pecuniary or other benefit or in a record required by law to

be submitted to any governmental agency;

(b) Submits or invites reliance on any writing which he knows to be a forged

instrument, as defined in KRS 516.010; or

(c) Submits or invites reliance, except as provi ded in KRS 516.110, on any

sample, specimen, map, boundary mark, or other object he knows to be false.

(2) Unsworn falsification to authorities is a Class B misdemeanor.

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