Any officer, agent, clerk or servant of a business entity who makes a false entry in the books thereof, with intent to defraud, and any person whose duty it is to make in such books a record or entry of the transfer of stock, or of the issuing and canceling of certificates thereof, or of the amount of stock issued by such business entity, who omits to make a true record or entry thereof, with intent to defraud, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Fla. Stat. § 817.15
False entries in books of business entity
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kevin Harris v. James F. Jayo (2021)
Most recently applied in Kevin Harris v. James F. Jayo (July 2021)
History.--s. 47, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2467; GS 3326; RGS 5164; CGL 7267; s. 850, ch. 71-136; s. 6, ch. 2015-166.
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