Forgery Forged Instrument In Pennsylvania
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Penalties If charged as a misdemeanor, the defendant can be sentenced to up to a year in jail, restitution to the victim and substantial court fines. If charged as a felony, the defendant can potentially be sentenced to up to three years in prison, in addition to fines and restitution.
(a) Offense defined. --A person commits the offense of identity theft of another person if he possesses or uses, through any means, identifying information of another person without the consent of that other person to further any unlawful purpose.
§ 7704. Disposition of vehicle or vehicle part with altered vehicle identification number.
(1) A person commits an offense if, without lawful authority or the railroad carrier's consent, he rides on the outside of a train or inside a passenger car, locomotive or freight car, including a box car, flatbed or container. (2) An offense under this subsection constitutes a misdemeanor of the third degree.
What is a Bad Check? The Pennsylvania Crimes Code (18 PA C.S. § 4105) sets forth that a person commits an offense if he issues or passes a check knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee.
Section 5104.2 - Evading arrest or detention on foot (a)Offense defined. --A person commits an offense if the person knowingly and intentionally flees on foot from a public servant attempting to lawfully arrest or detain that person.
§ 907. Possessing instruments of crime. (a) Criminal instruments generally. --A person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree if he possesses any instrument of crime with intent to employ it criminally.
Simple Forgery: The act of imitating someone else's signature for fraudulent or deceptive purposes. Simulated Forgery: A more sophisticated form where technology is used to duplicate the signature. Traced Forgery: Involves using a genuine signature as a template to create a forged one.
Any person who forges any document or electronic record is guilty of an offence which, unless otherwise stated, is a felony and he is liable, unless owing to the circumstances of the forgery or the nature of the thing forged some other punishment is provided, to imprisonment for three years.
Forgery is a felony of the third degree if the writing is or purports to be a will, deed, contract, release, commercial instrument, or other document evidencing, creating, transferring, altering, terminating or otherwise affecting legal relations. Otherwise forgery is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
