69.24 Penalties.
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69.24 Penalties.
(1)Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:
(a)Other than as authorized under ss. 69.21
(d)and 69.30
(3), prepares or issues any paper or film which purports to be, or carries the appearance of, an original or a copy of a vital record, certified or uncertified, except as provided under this subchapter or s. 610.50 and except for any hospital which issues any written announcement of the birth of a person to the parents of the person if the announcement contains plain notice that the announcement is not for official use.
(b)Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a birth or death record under s. 69.09 , 69.10 , 69.14 or 69.18 , in an application for an amendment to a birth or death record under s. 69.11 or 69.12 or in a request for a certified copy of a birth record under s. 69.21 .
(c)Willfully and knowingly supplies any false information with the intent that the information be used in the preparation of a birth or death record or the amendment of a birth or death record.
(d)Counterfeits or, without authorization, makes, alters or amends any birth or death record required by this subchapter or a certified copy of such record.