N.Y. PEN Law § 190.55
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 190.55, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Making a false statement of credit terms
Official statutory text
§ 190.55 Making a false statement of credit terms.\n A person is guilty of making a false statement of credit terms when he\nknowingly and willfully violates the provisions of chapter two of the\nact of congress entitled "Truth in Lending Act" and the regulations\nthereunder, as such act and regulations may from time to time be\namended, by understating or failing to state the interest rate required\nto be disclosed, or by failing to make or by making a false or\ninaccurate or incomplete statement of other credit terms in violation of\nsuch act.\n Making a false statement of credit terms is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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