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69 Law Enforcement and Public Office 525.02 <br />525.02 FALSIFICATION. <br />(a) No person shall knowingly make a false statement, or knowingly swear or affirm <br />the truth of a false statement previously made, when any of the following applies: <br />(1) The statement is made in any official proceeding. <br />(2) The statement is made with purpose to mcriminate another. <br />(3) The statement is made with purpose to mislead a public official in <br /> performing the public official's official function. <br />(4) The statement is made with purpose to secure the payment of <br /> unemployment compensation; Ohio works first; prevention, retention and <br /> contingency benefits and services; disability financial assistance; retirement <br /> benefits; economic development assistance as defined in Ohio R.C. 9.66; <br /> or other benefits administered by a governmental agency or paid out of a <br /> public treasury. <br />(5) The statement is made with purpose to secure the issuance by a <br /> governmental agency of a license, pemut, authorization, certificate, <br /> registration, release or provider agreement. <br />(6) The statement is sworn or affirmed before a notary public or another person <br /> empowered to administer oaths. <br />(7) The statement is in writing on or in connection with a report or return that <br /> is required or authorized by law. <br />(8) The statement is in writing, and is made with purpose to induce another to <br /> extend credit to or employ the offender, or to confer any degree, diploma, <br /> certificate of attainment, award of excellence or honor on the offender, or <br /> to extend to or bestow upon the offender any other valuable benefit or <br /> distinction, when the person to whom the statement is directed relies upon <br /> it to that person's detriment. <br />(9) The statement is made with purpose to commit or facilitate the commission <br />. of a theft offense. <br />(10) The statement is knowingly made to a probate court in connection with any <br /> action, proceeding or other matter within its jurisdiction, either orally or in <br /> a written document, including, but not limited to, an application, petition, <br /> complaint or other pleading, or an inventory, account or report. <br />(11) The statement is made on an account, form, record, stamp, label or other <br /> writing that is required by law. <br />(12) The statement is made in a document or instrument of writing that purports <br /> to be a judgment, lien, or claim of indebtedness and is filed or recorded <br /> with the Secretary of State, a county recorder, or the clerk of a court of <br /> record. <br />(13) The statement is made with purpose to obtain an Ohio's best Rx program <br /> enrollment card under Ohio R.C. 5110.09 or a payment from the <br /> Department of Job and Family Services under Ohio R.C. 5110.17. <br />(14) The statement is required under Ohio R. C. 5743.72 in connection with the <br />. person's purchase of cigarettes or tobacco products in a delivery sale. <br />(b) It is no defense to a charge under subsection (a)(6) hereof that the oath or <br />affirmation was administered or taken in an irregular manner. <br />(c) If contradictory statements relating to the same fact are made by the offender within <br />the period of the statute of limitations for falsification, it is not necessary for the prosecution to <br />prove which statement was false, but only that one or the other was false. <br />2006 Replacement