§ 175.35 Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree.
A person is guilty of offering a false instrument for filing in the
first degree when:
1. knowing that a written instrument contains a false statement or
false information, and with intent to defraud the state or any political
subdivision, public authority or public benefit corporation of the
state, he or she offers or presents it to a public office, public
servant, public authority or public benefit corporation with the
knowledge or belief that it will be filed with, registered or recorded
in or otherwise become a part of the records of such public office,
public servant, public authority or public benefit corporation; or
2. (a) he or she commits the crime of offering a false instrument for
filing in the second degree; and
(b) such instrument is a financing statement the contents of which are
prescribed by section 9–502 of the uniform commercial code, the
collateral asserted to be covered in such statement is the property of a
person who is a state or local officer as defined by section two of the
public officers law or who otherwise is a judge or justice of the
unified court system, such financing statement does not relate to an
actual transaction, and he or she filed such financing statement in
retaliation for the performance of official duties by such person.
Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree is a class E felony.
