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Judiciary Committee approves felony penalty for use of fraudulent documents to claim property rights
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced Senate File 11, a bill creating a felony offense for knowingly using false or fraudulent documents to gain or remain in possession of property, prompted by testimony about sophisticated fraudulent rental schemes and identity of squatters.
The House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to advance Senate File 11, a two-page measure that makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for a person who intentionally uses a document the person knows or reasonably should know is false or fraudulent to gain or remain in possession of property or to claim a right to property.
Committee members said the bill responds to increasingly sophisticated schemes in which people present forged leases or other documents to law enforcement or property owners to assert rights. Representative Chastick, a committee member, said the bill is intended to cover not only…
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