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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-368 (2026)

Falsely certifying as to administration of oath

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Any person authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths and affirmations, who falsely certifies that an oath or affirmation has been administered by him to any person in any matter where an oath or affirmation is by law required or falsely certifies that any affidavit, deposition or written statement of any kind required by law to be made upon oath or affirmation has been sworn or affirmed to before him by the person making such affidavit, deposition or written statement in any case where the same is required by law to be made, shall be guilty of a class E felony.

(1949 Rev., S. 8706; P.A. 13-258, S. 31.)

History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 3 years to a class E felony.

See Sec. 1-24 re officers empowered to administer oaths.

Statute not void for vagueness; it is sufficiently explicit to guide persons of ordinary intelligence; “false” imports requirement of specific intent to deceive. 175 C. 279.

Cited. 5 CA 616.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1976–1998 · leading case: State v. Biller, 462 A.2d 987 (Conn. 1983).
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State v. Biller, 462 A.2d 987 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 40× “The defendant, Meyer Biller, a licensed public adjuster and a notary public, was charged in a two-count information with falsely certifying two oaths in violation of General Statutes § 53-368. The case was tried to a jury and the defendant was found guilty on both counts.”
State v. Tedesco, 397 A.2d 1352 (Conn. 1978). · cites it 7× “Under General Statutes § 53-368 the false certification of an oath required by law is a felony as is the crime of perjury.”
State v. Biller, 501 A.2d 1218 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 2× “V The defendant’s penultimate claim is that the trial court erred in ruling, in response to the defendant’s motion in limine, that his prior conviction on two counts of falsely certifying as to the administration of an oath, a violation of General Statutes § 53-368, could be…”
Bocchino v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins., 716 A.2d 883 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “2d 987 (1983) (oath on proof of loss form required by statutory predecessor of §§ 38a-308 (a) and § 38a-307 “is one required by law” as necessary to sustain conviction pursuant to General Statutes § 53-368 for falsely certifying administration of oath); Covenant Ins.”
Tedesco v. O'SULLIVAN, 420 F. Supp. 194 (D. Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “On June 28, 1976, he was found guilty by a jury in a Superior Court trial of falsely certifying to the administration of an oath in violation of Conn.Gen.Stat. § 53-368. He intends to appeal the conviction.”
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