Ladue |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 62. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Article II. OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY |
§ 62-53. Issuing a false instrument or certificate.
A person commits the crime of issuing a false instrument or certificate when, being authorized by law to take proof or acknowledgement of any instrument which by law may be recorded, or being authorized by law to make or issue official certificates or other official written instruments, he issues such an instrument or certificate, or makes the same with the purpose that it be issued, knowing:
(1)
That it contains a false statement or false information; or
(2)
That it is wholly or partly blank.
(Code 1969, § 18-42; Ord. No. 1268, § 1, 4-16-1981)
State law reference
Similar provisions, RSMo 570.110.