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Maine · Through January 1, 2026

17-A M.R.S. §707: Falsifying private records

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  1. TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
  2. PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
  3. CHAPTER 29: FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES

1. A person is guilty of falsifying private records if, with intent to defraud any person, he:

A. Makes a false entry in the records of an organization, or

B. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the records of an organization; or

C. Omits to make a true entry in the records of an organization in violation of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed on him by statute; or

D. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the records of an organization.

2. Falsifying private records is a Class E crime.

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