North Carolina Indictment Forgery - Uttering Forged Paper

Uttering a forged instrument is a criminal offense. When a person knowingly publishes or puts into circulation any forged or altered financial document, legal document or other writing with the intent to misrepresent it as true and defraud others it amounts to uttering a forged instrument.

Examples of forged instruments include: Checks. Credit Cards. Promissory Notes.

Penalties for forgery in Canada The maximum penalty for forgery in Canada is: 10 years in jail, if tried by indictment. Two years less one day in jail and/or a $5,000 fine, if tried on a summary basis.

Forgery (also known as "uttering a false instrument") is a serious offense, punishable as a felony in all fifty states and by the federal government.This is why forgery is punished harshly. Traditionally, the crime of forgery consisted only of making or altering a false writing.

Under North Carolina law, a person commits forgery by creating, altering, or possessing counterfeit: any financial instruments, including bank notes or other currency. wills, deeds, leases, promissory notes, or any order for the payment of money or delivery of goods.

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. So, if you made a counterfeit $100 bill, that would be forgery.

Uttering is the passing or publishing of a forged document with the intent to injure or defraud. Forgery is the making of a false document or the alteration of a true document to make it false, with the intent to injure or defraud.

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.

United States. In the U.S., uttering is the act of offering a forged document to another when the offeror has knowledge that the document is forged.For example, forging a log for personal profit might be considered uttering and publishing. Another example would be the forging of a university diploma.