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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-132 (2025)

False entry by an officer or agent of a public community: Class A misdemeanor

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(a) A person is guilty of false entry by an officer or agent of a public community when (1) as an officer or agent of a public community, he makes any intentionally false entry on the books of the public community or (2) he intentionally attests or certifies by placing his signature upon process that he has personally served the same, when he has not done so.

(b) False entry by an officer or agent of a public community is a class A misdemeanor.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 134; P.A. 84-108, S. 4; P.A. 92-260, S. 57.)

History: P.A. 84-108 inserted new Subsec. (b) providing that person who intentionally attests or certifies by signature upon process that he has personally served process when he has not done so is guilty of false entry, relettering former Subsec. (b) as (c); P.A. 92-260 combined former Subsecs. (a) and (b) and rephrased language, relettering former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), and amended relettered Subsec. (b) to make technical changes in the name of the offense.

Under former statute, state has been held to be a “public community” and an employee has been held to be an “agent”. 159 C. 544.

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Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: State v. Davis, 911 A.2d 753 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006).
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State v. Davis, 911 A.2d 753 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 2× “1 Specifically, the defendant was convicted of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 (a) and 53a-59 (a) (5), cariying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35, criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General…”
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