2023 Minnesota Statutes

609.645 FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS.

Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both:

(1) circulates or publishes a false statement, oral or written, relating to a corporation, association, or individual, intending thereby to give a false apparent value to securities issued or to be issued by, or to the property of, such corporation, association, or individual; or

(2) makes a false ship's or airplane's manifest, invoice, register, or protest.

History:

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.645; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11