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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE L
Offenses Against Public Administration
ARTICLE 210
Perjury and Related Offenses
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SECTION 210.40
Making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree
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SECTION 210.35
Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 210
§ 210.35 Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second

degree.

A person is guilty of making an apparently sworn false statement in
the second degree when (a) he subscribes a written instrument knowing
that it contains a statement which is in fact false and which he does
not believe to be true, and (b) he intends or believes that such
instrument will be uttered or delivered with a jurat affixed thereto,
and (c) such instrument is uttered or delivered with a jurat affixed
thereto.

Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree is a
class A misdemeanor.