Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
Section 11.46.630 - Falsifying business records(a) A person commits the crime of falsifying business records if, with intent to defraud, the person (1) makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise;(2) alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes, or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise;(3) omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which the person knows to be imposed upon that person by law or by the nature of that person's position; or(4) prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission of a true entry in the business records of an enterprise.(b) For purposes of this section,(1) "business record" means a writing, recording, or article kept or maintained by an enterprise for the purpose of evidencing or reflecting its condition or activity;(2) "enterprise" means a private entity of one or more persons, corporate or otherwise, engaged in business, commercial, professional, charitable, political, industrial, or social activity.(c) Falsifying business records is a class C felony.