Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-9-7 (2026)
Criminal Possession of Forged Instrument in the Fourth Degree.
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(a) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the fourth degree if he or she possesses or utters a forged instrument of a kind covered in Section 13A-9-4 with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to defraud.
(b) Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the fourth degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4012; Act 2015-185, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1991–1991 · leading case: Coleman v. State, 581 So. 2d 3 (Ala. 1991).
Coleman v. State, 581 So. 2d 3 (Ala. 1991). “(Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor, is addressed in § 13A-9-7.) A Class C felony conviction carries a sentence of not more than 10 years nor less than 1 year and 1 day.”
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