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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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Making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree
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Perjury and related offenses; requirement of corroboration
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SECTION 210.45
Making a punishable false written statement
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 210
§ 210.45 Making a punishable false written statement.

A person is guilty of making a punishable false written statement when
he knowingly makes a false statement, which he does not believe to be
true, in a written instrument bearing a legally authorized form notice
to the effect that false statements made therein are punishable.

Making a punishable false written statement is a class A misdemeanor.