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Alaska Statutes.

Title 11. Criminal Law

Chapter 46. Offenses Against Property

Section 560. Offering a False Instrument For Recording in the Second Degree.

AS 11.46.560. Offering a False Instrument For Recording in the Second Degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of offering a false instrument for recording in the second degree if,

(1) under AS 40.17, the person presents a lien to the recorder for registration, filing, or recording with reckless disregard that the lien is not

(A) provided for by a specific state or federal statute; or

(B) a lien imposed or authorized by a court recognized under state or federal law; or

(2) under a law authorizing the receipt and filing of a document, the person presents a lien to a department or person having responsibility to accept a lien for filing with reckless disregard that the lien is not

(A) provided for by a specific state or federal statute; or

(B) a lien imposed or authorized by a court recognized under state or federal law.

(b) In a prosecution under (a) of this section, it is an affirmative defense that the owner of the property affected has consented to the lien.

(c) In this section,

(1) "lien" means an encumbrance on property as security for the payment of a debt;

(2) "recorder" means the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources or the person designated by the commissioner of natural resources to perform the duties set out in AS 40.17.

(d) Offering a false instrument for recording in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

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