Any person who presents or causes to be presented any false or fraudulent claim, or any proof in support of any such claim, upon any contract of insurance, for the payment of any loss, or who prepares, makes or subscribes any account, certificate, survey affidavit, proof of loss, or other book, paper or writing, with intent to present or use the same, or to allow it to be presented or used in support of any such claim, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years, or by a fine not exceeding twice the amount of the aggregated loss sum, or both.
R.L.1910, § 2709. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 380, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 272, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2012, c. 235, § 3, eff. July 1, 2012.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 380 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.