Bond Forgery Crime In Massachusetts
Description
Form popularity
FAQ
Uttering is a crime involving a person with the intent to defraud that knowingly sells, publishes or passes a forged or counterfeited document. More specifically, forgery creates a falsified document and uttering is the act of knowingly passing on or using the forged document.
Penalties: The potential punishment for the crime of forgery or counterfeiting under G.L. c. 267 section 1 is imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years.
Forgery is the changing or making of a document with the intent to defraud someone. Uttering is passing that document to someone with the intent to defraud.
Uttering and forgery were both common law offenses derived from English and American common law. Forgery is the creation and fabrication of a document with intent to defraud, while uttering is the passing or publication of a forged document that someone else had made with the intent to defraud.
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.
Proving forgery in court can be challenging since it often requires the testimony of an expert who has conducted a detailed examination of various elements of a document, such as the paper, they typed fonts, the date, handwriting and time sequences all in the context of the content of the document.
What are the three types of forgery? Three common types of forgery are signature forgery, art forgery, and document forgery. Each of these types of forgery involves different methods of creating or altering documents, signifiers, and objects with the intent to deceive.
Forgery, in law, making of a false writing with an intent to defraud. Writing, to be forgery, must either have legal significance or be commonly relied upon in business transactions. It need not be handwriting; the law of forgery covers printing, engraving, and typewriting as well.
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.
