(1) A person is guilty of falsifying business records when, with intent to defraud, he:
(a) Makes or causes a false entry to be made in the business records of an
enterprise; or
(b) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the
business records of an enterprise; or
(c) Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation
of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by law or by the
nature of his position; or
(d) Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the
business records of an enterprise.
(2) Falsifying business records is a Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: January 1, 1975
History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 149, effective January 1, 1975.
Notes of Decisions
Alexander v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 714 F. App'x 504 (6th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 6× “020 (deceptive business practices); KRS § 517.050 (falsifying business records); KRS § 514.”
Smith v. Peyman, 93 F. Supp. 3d 738 (E.D. Ky. 2015).
· cites it 4× “050), falsifying business records (KRS § 517.050), forgery (KRS § 516.030), criminal facilitation (KRS § 506.”
Ne. Health Mgmt., Inc. v. Cotton, 56 S.W.3d 440 (Ky. Ct. App. 2001).
“We believe Howell’s testimony constituted sufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding that Dennis requested her to falsify a business record in violation of KRS 517.050. The hospital also claims that punitive damages were not warranted because the hospital did not act with…”
Clark v. Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc., 489 F. Supp. 2d 759 (W.D. Ky. 2007).
· cites it 3× “§ 301aaa as the statutory basis for her wrongful termination claim, Clark urges in her brief the alternative argument that she was asked to violate KRS 517.050 prohibiting the falsification of business records.”
William Winchester v. The Salvation Army, a Georgia Corp. (Ky. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 3× “In the case under review, Appellant avers in his affidavit that he refused to falsify business records – conduct proscribed by KRS 517.050 – when John Horton directed Appellant to modify an incident report to remove statements critical of the Hortons.”
Albakri v. STS Lab 2 LLC (E.D. Ky. 2022).
· cites it 2× “§ 517.050; (2) discrimination and a hostile work environment due to national origin in violation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (“KCRA”) (K.”
Albakri v. STS Lab 2 LLC (E.D. Ky. 2022).
· cites it 2× “§ 517.050; (2) discrimination and a hostile work environment due to national origin in violation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (“KCRA”) (K.”
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