2025 Session Last amended: 1984 session

§ 609.645 — Fraudulent Statements

Plain-Language Summary

It is a crime to make false or fraudulent statements in business documents, financial records, or other commercial writings with intent to defraud.

609.645 FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS.

Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both:

(1) circulates or publishes a false statement, oral or written, relating to a corporation, association, or individual, intending thereby to give a false apparent value to securities issued or to be issued by, or to the property of, such corporation, association, or individual; or

(2) makes a false ship’s or airplane’s manifest, invoice, register, or protest.

History:

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.645; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11

History: History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.645; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11

Practical Notes

This law covers financial fraud in commercial transactions. It applies to false statements in business records, financial statements, and other commercial documents used to obtain money, credit, or property.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes