{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-707","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17-A M.R.S. §707","heading":"Falsifying private records","body":"1.   A person is guilty of falsifying private records if, with intent to defraud any person, he:\nA.  Makes a false entry in the records of an organization, or\nB.  Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the records of an organization; or\nC.  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\nD.  Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the records of an organization.\n2.   Falsifying private records is a Class E crime.","path":["TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE","PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES","CHAPTER 29: FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec707.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"b9562b3eb782ed66be417209b836ca4e0cb8ed35f1fea5d357cd5ad361519696","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-706-a","next":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-707-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}