Tennessee § 56-1-503 - False statement — Penalty — Perjury.
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§ 56-1-503. False statement — Penalty — Perjury.
For willfully making a false annual or other statement it is required by law to make, an insurance company, and persons making oath to or subscribing to the statement, shall be severally punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Any person making oath to the false statement commits perjury. Acts 1895, ch. 160, § 34; Shan., § 3319; Code 1932, § 6148; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 56-133. Cross-References. Perjury, title 39, chapter 16, part 7.
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