State Law Defines
Penalties for Providing False Information on
Fire
College Forms
Code
of
Alabama (1975)
Section 13A-10-109: “Unsworn falsification
to authorities.”
(a)
A person commits the crime of unsworn
falsification to authorities if, with an intent to mislead a public
servant in the performance of his duty, he makes or submits any written
statement, which he does not believe to be true, in an application for
pecuniary or other benefit, or a record or report required by law to be
submitted to any governmental agency.
(b)
The provisions of Sections 13A-10-104 and 13A-10-107 shall be applicable
to all prosecutions under this section.
[Note: These Sections allow an individual to retract a false statement
and prevent prosecution, but only if the retraction is done before the
false statement is discovered to be relevant and false by a state
official.]
(c)
Unsworn falsification to authorities is a
Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607,
p. 812, §4935.)
The penalty for a Class C misdemeanor is a fine not to exceed $500.00
