Using A Forged Document In California
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Forgery by signing someone else's name to documents Penal Code 470(a) makes it illegal to sign specific documents with someone else's name without their permission. In order to prove you guilty in California, the prosecution has to show that, You signed someone else's name.
Investigators analyze and compare various traits, such as the appearance of letters, of suspicious documents with known samples to help identify the author of the document. Investigators might also be asked to detect changes that may have occurred in an original document.
To prove someone is guilty of PC 470, the prosecutor must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt: Defendant signed with another person's name or name; Defendant knew they did not have the authority to do so; Defendant did not have the authority to sign a name or another person's name;
If convicted of PC 115 filing a false document, you are guilty of a felony crime and facing the following penalties: Up to three years in a California state prison. A fine of up to $10,000. Formal felony probation.
Presenting False Written Evidence is a crime under California Penal Code Section 132 PC and the broader offense of Preparing False Evidence is a crime pursuant to California Penal Code Section 134 PC.
Forgery is a serious offense, specifically defined under California Penal Code Section 470. California law considers various acts as forgery. These include counterfeiting documents, signing someone else's name without authorization, falsifying legal documents, or creating counterfeit currency.
California Penal Code Section 487(d)(2) describes the crime of grand theft firearm as follows: “Grand theft of a firearm occurs when someone takes a firearm that has a value exceeding $950 or they have a prior conviction of a specific serious offense”
Every person guilty of preparing any false or ante-dated book, paper, record, instrument in writing, or other matter or thing, with intent to produce it, or allow it to be produced for any fraudulent or deceitful purpose, as genuine or true, upon any trial, proceeding, or inquiry whatever, authorized by law, is guilty ...
623. Whenever a party has, by his own statement or conduct, intentionally and deliberately led another to believe a particular thing true and to act upon such belief, he is not, in any litigation arising out of such statement or conduct, permitted to contradict it. (Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch.