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§706-A
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 29: FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES
§707-A

§707. Falsifying private records

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   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
B. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the records of an organization; or   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
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   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
D. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the records of an organization.   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Falsifying private records is a Class E crime.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).
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