(1) A person commits the crime of issuing a false financial statement if, with intent to defraud, the person: (a) Knowingly makes or utters a written statement which purports to describe the financial condition or ability to pay of the person or some other person and which is inaccurate in some material respect; or (b) Represents in writing that a written statement purporting to describe a persons financial condition or ability to pay as of a prior date is accurate with respect to that persons current financial condition or ability to pay, knowing the statement to be materially inaccurate in that respect. (2) Issuing a false financial statement is a Class A misdemeanor.
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