Section 58-1-630 - Frauds against the governmentAny member of the national guard who:
(1) Knowing it to be false or fraudulent: (A) Makes any claim against the state or any officer thereof; or(B) Presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment, any claim against the state or any officer thereof;(2) For the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the state or any officer thereof:(A) Makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing the same to contain any false or fraudulent statement;(B) Makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing such oath to be false; or(C) Forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses any such signature knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited;(3) Having charge, possession, custody or control of any money or other property of the state, furnished or intended for the national guard or any force thereof, knowingly delivers to any person having authority to receive the same, any amount thereof less than that for which the person receives a certificate of receipt; or(4) Being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the state, furnished or intended for the national guard or any force thereof, makes or delivers to any person such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the state;is guilty of a Class E felony.
Acts 1970, ch. 596, § 74; T.C.A., § 7-330; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 74.