Offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 175.30 Offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree.
A person is guilty of offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree when, knowing that a written instrument contains a false statement or false information, he offers or presents it to a public office or public servant with the knowledge or belief that it will be filed with, registered or recorded in or otherwise become a part of the records of such public office or public servant.
Offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits second-degree offering a false instrument for filing by offering or presenting a written instrument known to contain a false statement or false information to a public office or public servant, while knowing or believing it will be filed with, registered or recorded in, or otherwise become part of that office’s or servant’s records. ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.