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The Laws of New York Consolidated Laws of New York CHAPTER 40 Specific Offenses Offenses Involving Fraud ARTICLE 175 Offenses Involving False Written Statements SECTION 175.00 Definitions of terms ARTICLE 175 Offenses Involving False Written Statements SECTION 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree

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SECTION 175.05 Falsifying business records in the second degree Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE K, ARTICLE 175

§ 175.05 Falsifying business records in the second degree.

A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the second degree
when, with intent to defraud, he:

1. Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an
enterprise; or

2. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true
entry in the business records of an enterprise; or

3. Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise
in violation of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by
law or by the nature of his position; or

4. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof
in the business records of an enterprise.

Falsifying business records in the second degree is a class A
misdemeanor.