Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.05 — Falsifying business records in the second degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.05
- Type
- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 175.05 Falsifying business records in the second degree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 175.05 — Falsifying business records in the second degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.