§710-1060 Perjury. (1) A person commits the offense of perjury if in any official proceeding the person makes, under an oath required or authorized by law, a false statement which the person does not believe to be true. (2) No person shall be convicted under this section unless the court rules that the false statement […]
§710-1061 False swearing in official matters. (1) A person commits the offense of false swearing in official matters if the person makes, under an oath required or authorized by law, a false statement which the person does not believe to be true, and: (a) The statement is made in an official proceeding; or (b) The […]
§710-1062 False swearing. (1) A person commits the offense of false swearing if the person makes, under oath required or authorized by law, a false statement which the person does not believe to be true. (2) False swearing is a petty misdemeanor. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]
§710-1063 Unsworn falsification to authorities. (1) A person commits the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities if, with an intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of the public servant’s duty, the person: (a) Makes any statement, in written, printed, or electronic form, which the person does not believe to be true, in […]
§710-1064 Retraction. (1) It is a defense to a prosecution under this part that the defendant retracted the defendant’s falsification: (a) If the falsification was made in an official proceeding, in the course of the same proceeding before discovery of the falsification became known to the defendant; or (b) If the falsification was not made […]
§710-1065 Inconsistent statements. (1) Where a person has made inconsistent statements, each of which if made with the requisite state of mind and under the requisite circumstances would constitute an offense specified in this part, and both statements have been made within the period of the statute of limitations, the prosecution may proceed by setting […]
§710-1066 No prosecution based on previous denial of guilt. No prosecution shall be brought: (1) Under this part, if the substance of the defendant’s false statement is the defendant’s denial of guilt of an offense for which the defendant has previously been put in jeopardy; or (2) For a substantive offense, the denial of which […]
§710-1067 Corroboration. In any prosecution under this part, except a prosecution based upon inconsistent statements pursuant to section 710-1065, falsity of a statement may not be established solely through contradiction by the testimony of a single witness. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1] COMMENTARY ON §710-1067 This section forbids convictions for perjury based solely […]
§710-1068 Irregularities no defense. It is not a defense to a prosecution under this part: (1) That the defendant was not competent, for reasons other than lack of penal responsibility, to make the false statement alleged; (2) That the statement was inadmissible under the law of evidence; (3) That the oath was administered or taken […]
§710-1069 Misrepresenting a notarized document in the first degree. (1) A person commits the offense of misrepresenting a notarized document in the first degree if the person submits or invites reliance on a document that the person knows has been altered after the document had been notarized by a notary public in this or any […]
§710-1069.5 Misrepresenting a notarized document in the second degree. (1) A person commits the offense of misrepresenting a notarized document in the second degree if, with intent to mislead another, the person submits or invites reliance on a document that the person knows has been altered after the document had been notarized by a notary […]
