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2002 Florida Code
TITLE XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 817 FRAUDULENT PRACTICES  
PART I FALSE PRETENSES AND FRAUDS, GENERALLY (ss. 817.02-817.569)
817.155   Matters within jurisdiction of Department of State; false, fictitious, or fraudulent acts, statements, and representations prohibited; penalty; statute of limitations.

817.155  Matters within jurisdiction of Department of State; false, fictitious, or fraudulent acts, statements, and representations prohibited; penalty; statute of limitations.--A person may not, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the Department of State, knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact, make any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, or make or use any false document, knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. The statute of limitations for prosecution of an act committed in violation of this section is 5 years from the date the act was committed.

History.--s. 52, ch. 87-99; s. 194, ch. 91-224.

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