§ 5-54-122 — Filing false report with law enforcement agency

(a) As used in this section, "report" means any communication, either written or oral, sworn or unsworn. (b) A person commits the offense of filing a false report if he or she files a report with any law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney's office of any alleged criminal wrongdoing on the part of another person knowing that the report is false. (c) (1) Filing a false report is a Class D felony if: (A) The alleged criminal wrongdoing is a capital offense, Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony; (B) The law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney's office to whom the false report is made has expended in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) in order to investigate the false report, including the costs of labor; (C) Physical injury results to any person as a result of the false report; (D) The false report is made in an effort by the person filing the false report to conceal his or her own criminal activity; (E) The false report results in another person being arrested; or (F) The false report alleges another person purposely selected the victim of a crime because the victim was a member of or was associated with a recognizable and identifiable group or class who share mental, physical, biological, cultural, political, or religious beliefs or characteristics, for the purpose of delayed release under § 5-4-405 . (2) Otherwise, filing a false report is a Class A misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2021, No. 681,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1989, No. 690, §§ 1-3; 2007, No. 827, § 46.