IC 35-43-5-2 — Counterfeiting; forgery
Chapter 5. Forgery, Fraud, and Other Deceptions
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Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) makes or utters a written instrument in such a manner that it purports to have been made: (A) by another person; (B) at another time; (C) with different provisions; or (D) by authority of one who did not give authority; or (2) possesses more than one (1) written instrument knowing that the written instruments were made in a manner that they purport to have been made: (A) by another person; (B) at another time; (C) with different provisions; or (D) by authority of one who did not give authority; commits counterfeiting, a Level 6 felony. (b) A person who, with intent to defraud, makes, utters, or possesses a written instrument in such a manner that it purports to have been made: (1) by another person; (2) at another time; (3) with different provisions; or (4) by authority of one who did not give authority; commits forgery, a Level 6 felony.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.50; P.L.45-2005, SEC.2; P.L.106-2006, SEC.3; P.L.158-2013, SEC.469; P.L.197-2015, SEC.21; P.L.174-2021, SEC.44.
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