28-935. Fraudulently filing a financing statement, lien, or document; penalty.
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(1)A person commits the offense of fraudulently filing a financing statement, lien, or document if the person directly, or through an intermediary, submits for filing or recording in the public record, as defined in section 28-911 :
(a)Any document purporting to create a nonconsensual common-law lien, as defined in section 52-1901 , knowing or having reason to know that the lien is a nonconsensual common-law lien;
(b)A financing statement pursuant to article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, knowing or having reason to know that the financing statement is not based on a bona fide security agreement or was not authorized or authenticated by the alleged debtor identified in the financing statement or an authorized representative of the alleged debtor; or
(c)Any document filed in an attempt to harass an entity, individual, or public official or obstruct a government operation or judicial proceeding, knowing or having reason to know such document contained false information.
(2)Fraudulently filing a financing statement, lien, or document is a Class IV felony.
(3)Lack of belief in the jurisdiction or authority of the state or of the government of the United States is no defense to prosecution under this section.