{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-517.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 517.050","heading":"Falsifying business records.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of falsifying business records when, with intent to defraud, he:\n(a) Makes or causes a false entry to be made in the business records of an\nenterprise; or\n(b) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in th e\nbusiness records of an enterprise; or\n(c) Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation\nof a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by law or by the\nnature of his position; or\n(d) Prevents the making of a  true entry or causes the omission thereof in the\nbusiness records of an enterprise.\n(2) Falsifying business records is a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["KRS Chapter 517"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19841","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:02Z","sha256":"fe626b91a3e2fc70b8266648515f9e99c090e432059ab17c8e7b8c74efeadb09","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-517.040","next":"us-ky/krs-517.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}