Perjury
Law. The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath.
Title 9A Washington criminal code
Chapter 9A.72 RCW
PERJURY AND INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
RCW 9A.72.080
Statement of what one does not know to be true.
Every unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which he knows to be false.
unqualified
not modified, limited, or restricted in any way; without reservations
U.S. Code
TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 79 > § 1621
§ 1621. Perjury generally
Whoever—
(1) having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true; or
(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true;
is guilty of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.
