Unsworn falsification

17-A M.R.S. § 453, under FALSIFICATION IN OFFICIAL MATTERS.

17-A M.R.S. § 453

1. A person is guilty of unsworn falsification if:

A. That person makes a written false statement that that person does not believe to be true on or pursuant to a form conspicuously bearing notification authorized by statute or regulation to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable; [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]

B. With the intent to deceive a public servant in the performance of that public servant's official duties, that person: (1) Makes any written false statement that that person does not believe to be true, except that this subsection does not apply in the case of a written false statement made to a law enforcement officer by a person then in official custody and suspected of having committed a crime, except as provided in paragraph C; (2) Knowingly creates, or attempts to create, a false impression in a written application for any pecuniary or other benefit by omitting information necessary to prevent statements in that application from being misleading; or (3) Submits or invites reliance on any sample, specimen, map, boundary mark or other object that that person knows to be false; or [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]

(1) Makes any written false statement that that person does not believe to be true, except that this subsection does not apply in the case of a written false statement made to a law enforcement officer by a person then in official custody and suspected of having committed a crime, except as provided in paragraph C;

(2) Knowingly creates, or attempts to create, a false impression in a written application for any pecuniary or other benefit by omitting information necessary to prevent statements in that application from being misleading; or

(3) Submits or invites reliance on any sample, specimen, map, boundary mark or other object that that person knows to be false; or [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]

C. With the intent to conceal that person's identity from a law enforcement officer while under arrest for a crime, after having been warned that it is a crime to give false information concerning identity, that person gives false information concerning that person's name or date of birth, including, but not limited to, a signature. [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §9 (COR).]

2. Unsworn falsification is a Class D crime.