512B.35  Penalties.

1.  A person who knowingly makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation in or relating to an application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money from or a benefit in a society, is guilty of a fraudulent practice.

2.  A person who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in a verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this chapter, or of a material fact or thing contained in a sworn statement concerning the death or disability of an insured for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate, is guilty of perjury.

3.  A person who solicits membership for, or in any manner assists in procuring membership in, a society not licensed to do business in this state, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

4.  A person guilty of a willful violation of, or neglect or refusal to comply with, a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

Section History: Recent form

  90 Acts, ch 1148, §36


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