Forgery Penalties The statute further provides that penalties for a crime under this law can include up to 20 years in federal prison in addition to fines.
Forgeries involving $10,000 or more are felonies, and a judge may be able to sentence the person to up to 10 years of incarceration, expensive fine, or both. A forgery crime that involves less than $10,000 is also a felony but can result in five years' incarceration, fine, or both.
Under Florida Statute § 831.01, forgery is classified as a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
The first two degrees are felonies and the third degree amounts to a misdemeanor. The first degree forgery involves the actual presentation or use of any falsely made, altered or possessed document with the intent to deceive or defraud. The second degree forgery does not require use or presentation of the documents.
One example of forgery is when someone signs another person's name to a document without their permission or knowledge. Another example of forgery is when someone creates a false government document, such as a driver's license.
Under Florida Statute § 831.01, forgery is classified as a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
One example of forgery is when someone signs another person's name to a document without their permission or knowledge. Another example of forgery is when someone creates a false government document, such as a driver's license.
Adjusting documents is the most common type of forgery. Made documents are completely homemade to resemble real documents. Made documents can be privately made and are often of bad quality and easily detectable.
It is of course difficult, if not impossible, to prove forgery by the testi- mony of incompetent witnesses. In many localities there is no special wit- ness qualified to testify effectively on the technical subject of forgery, espe- cially in connection with difficult cases involving clever forgeries.
Examples of Forgery Signing the name of another person or of a fictitious person on a document without having authority to do so. Creating a counterfeit seal of another individual or entity. Falsifying, altering, counterfeiting or duplicating a driver's license or government-issued ID card.