KRS 523.100: Unsworn falsification to authorities.
Where this section sits in the code
- 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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