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609.65
Statute ID:
1557
Statute Function ID:
30500
False Certification by Notary Public
In Effect
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Petty Misdemeanor (PM)
General Offense Code:
Property (2)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Counterfeiting/Fraud, etc (C) (Rank 23)
Detailed Offense Code:
Forgery (229)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
26A
Fraud Offenses-False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
Yes
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
609.65
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
False Certification by Notary Public
Statute ID:
1557
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Apr 20, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
False Certification by Notary Public
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/65.html
Legislative Session:
2005 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Apr 20, 2012
Whoever, when acting or purporting to act as a notary public or other public officer, certifies falsely that an instrument has been acknowledged or that any other act was performed by a party appearing before the actor or that as such notary public or other public officer the actor performed any other official act may be sentenced as follows: (1) if the actor so certifies with intent to injure or defraud, to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both; or (2) in any other case, to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
