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144.227 Penalties.

Subdivision 1. False statements. Whoever intentionally makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required to be filed under sections 144.211 to 144.214 or 144.216 to 144.227, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of any report, record, certificate, or amendment thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Subd. 2. Fraud. Any person who, without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, willfully and knowingly makes, counterfeits, alters, obtains, possesses, uses or sells any certificate, record or report required to be filed under sections 144.211 to 144.227, or a certified copy of a certificate, record or report, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

Subd. 3. Birth registration. Whoever intentionally makes a false statement in a registration required under section 144.215 or in an application for an amendment to such a registration, or intentionally supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of a registration under section 144.215 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. This offense shall be prosecuted by the county attorney.

HIST: 1978 c 699 s 16; 1994 c 631 s 1,2

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