Making a punishable false written statement · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement.
A person is guilty of making a punishable false written statement when he knowingly makes a false statement, which he does not believe to be true, in a written instrument bearing a legally authorized form notice to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable.
Making a punishable false written statement is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits this offense by knowingly making a written statement that is false and that the person does not believe is true in a document bearing a legally authorized notice that false statements in it are punishable. ★ 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.