534.606  Criminal offenses.

If any officer, director, or agent of any building and loan or savings and loan association shall knowingly and willfully swear falsely to any statement in regard to any matter in this chapter required to be made under oath, the person shall be guilty of perjury. If any director of any such association shall vote to declare a dividend greater than has been earned; or if any officer or director or any agent or employee of any such association shall issue, utter, or offer to utter, any warrant, check, order, or promise to pay of such association, or shall sign, transfer, cancel, or surrender any note, bond, draft, mortgage, or other evidence of indebtedness belonging to such association, or shall demand, collect, or receive any money from any member or other person in the name of such association without being authorized to do so by the board of directors in pursuance of its lawful power, the person shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice; or if any such officer, director, agent, or employee shall embezzle or convert to the person's own use, or shall use or pledge for the person's own benefit or purpose, any moneys, securities, credits, or other property belonging to the association, the person shall be guilty of theft; or if the person shall knowingly do or attempt to do business for such association that has not procured and does not hold the certificate of authority therefor as in this chapter provided, the person shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor; or if the person shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false entries in the books of the association, or shall, with the intent to deceive any person making an examination in this chapter required to be made, exhibit to the person making the examination any false entry, paper, or statement, the person shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice; or if the person shall knowingly do or solicit business for any building and loan or savings and loan association which has not procured the required certificate therefor, the person shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 1918; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9388.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, § 534.85; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 534.64]

Section History: Recent form

  C85, § 534.606

Internal References

  Referred to in § 534.519

Footnotes

  Similar provision, § 534.515


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