Maine statute
17-A M.R.S. § 707 — Falsifying private records
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 29: Forgery and Related Offenses, Maine Revised Statutes.
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Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 707
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
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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