Title 16, Chapter 10, Section 20
( 16-10-20)
A person who knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers
up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; makes a false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or makes or
uses any false writing or document, knowing the same to contain any
false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, in any matter
within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of state
government or of the government of any county, city, or other
political subdivision of this state shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment
for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. |