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    SECTION 175.40

    Issuing a false certificate

    Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE K, ARTICLE 175

    § 175.40 Issuing a false certificate.

    A person is guilty of issuing a false certificate when, being a public
    servant authorized by law to make or issue official certificates or
    other official written instruments, and with intent to defraud, deceive
    or injure another person, he issues such an instrument, or makes the
    same with intent that it be issued, knowing that it contains a false
    statement or false information.

    Issuing a false certificate is a class E felony.