§23-9. Creditors to file verified claims with clerk; false swearing misdemeanor

All creditors of the maker of such deed of trust shall, before receiving payment of any amount from the said trustee, file with the clerk of the superior court a statement under oath that the amount claimed by him is justly due, after allowing all credits and offsets, to the best of his knowledge and belief.  Any creditor who shall knowingly swear falsely in such statement shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(1893, c. 453, ss. 6, 7; Rev., ss. 972, 3617; C.S., s. 1617; 1993, c. 539, s. 397; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 34, c. 24, s. 14(c).)