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§ 53a-142a

Connecticut Title 53a — Connecticut law

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(a) A person is guilty of filing a false record against real or personal property when with intent to defraud, deceive, injure or harass another, he or she files, or causes to be filed with a municipality, a record he or she knows, or reasonably should know, is false. As used in this section, 'record' means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form, and includes any record that is recorded in the office of the town clerk.(b) A person is guilty of filing a false record under sections 42a-9-501 to 42a-9-526, inclusive, when with intent to defraud, deceive, injure or harass another, he or she files, or causes to be filed with the Secretary of the State or a municipality, a record he or she knows, or reasonably should know, is false.(c) Filing of a false record is a class D felony.(P.A. 17-99, S. 46.)History: P.A. 17-99 effective January 1, 2018.

Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-142a· Version 2026