{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-4","heading":"Falsifying or tampering with records","body":"a.    Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a person commits a crime of the fourth degree if he falsifies, destroys, removes, conceals any writing or record, or utters any writing or record knowing that it  contains a false statement or information, with purpose to deceive or injure  anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing.\nb.  Issuing a false financial statement.    A person is guilty of issuing  a false financial statement, a crime of the third degree, when, with purpose to  deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing;  he by oath or  affirmation:\n(1) Knowingly makes or utters a written instrument which purports to describe the financial condition or ability to pay of some person and which is inaccurate in some substantial respect;  or\n(2) Represents in writing that a written instrument purporting to describe a  person's financial condition or ability to pay as of a prior date is accurate  with respect to such person's current financial condition or ability to pay,  whereas, he knows it is substantially inaccurate in that respect.\nL.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-4, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.  Amended by L.1981, c. 290, s. 21, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"a10883be752c56f06e446581e6407d5f4d4baea2aca2a0a3d309baa5c2201f94","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-4.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}