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Wis. Stat. § 943.39

Fraudulent writings

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Strozinsky v. School District of Brown Deer (2000)

Most recently applied in 352 Wis. 2d 409 - State v. Jacobsen (December 2013)

1977 c. 173; 1993 a. 112; 2001 a. 109

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:

(1) Being a director, officer, manager, agent or employee of any corporation or limited liability company falsifies any record, account or other document belonging to that corporation or limited liability company by alteration, false entry or omission, or makes, circulates or publishes any written statement regarding the corporation or limited liability company which he or she knows is false; or (2) By means of deceit obtains a signature to a writing which is the subject of forgery under s. 943.38 (1); or (3) Makes a false written statement with knowledge that it is false and with intent that it shall ultimately appear to have been signed under oath.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.