§ 175.35 Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree.
  A  person  is  guilty of offering a false instrument for filing in the
first degree when:
  1. knowing that a written instrument contains  a  false  statement  or
false information, and with intent to defraud the state or any political
subdivision,  public  authority  or  public  benefit  corporation of the
state, he or she offers or presents it to a public office, public  serv-
ant,  public  authority or public benefit corporation with the knowledge
or belief that it will be filed  with,  registered  or  recorded  in  or
otherwise  become  a  part  of the records of such public office, public
servant, public authority or public benefit corporation; or
  2. (a) he or she commits the crime of offering a false instrument  for
filing in the second degree; and
  (b) such instrument is a financing statement the contents of which are
prescribed by section 9--502 of the uniform commercial code, the collat-
eral  asserted  to  be  covered  in  such statement is the property of a
person who is a state or local officer as defined by section two of  the
public  officers  law  or  who  otherwise  is  a judge or justice of the
unified court system, such financing statement does  not  relate  to  an
actual  transaction,  and  he  or  she filed such financing statement in
retaliation for the performance of official duties by such person.
  Offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree is a  class
E felony.