N.Y. Penal Law § 175.05

Falsifying business records in the second degree

New York · New York Penal Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22

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Citation: N.Y. Penal Law § 175.05, Falsifying business records in the second degree, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1092018
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§ 175.05 Falsifying business records in the second degree. A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the second degree when, with intent to defraud, he: 1. Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or 2. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise; or 3. Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by law or by the nature of his position; or 4. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise. Falsifying business records in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.