New York Laws
Article 175 - Offenses Involving False Written Statements
175.35 - Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.

(b) such instrument is a financing statement the contents of which are
prescribed by section 9--502 of the uniform commercial code, the
collateral asserted to be covered in such statement is the property of a
person who is a state or local officer as defined by section two of the
public officers law or who otherwise is a judge or justice of the
unified court system, such financing statement does not relate to an
actual transaction, and he or she filed such financing statement in
retaliation for the performance of official duties by such person.
Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree is a class
E felony.

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