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Florida Statute 831.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 831.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 831.04 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
831.04 Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing.
(1) Any person making any erasure, alteration, interlineation or interpolation in any writing or instrument mentioned in s. 92.28, and made admissible in evidence, with the fraudulent intent to change the same in any substantial manner after the same has once been made, shall be guilty of the crime of forgery, which, for the purposes of this section, constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) Any person who may be in the business of making writings or written entries, maps or plats concerning or relating to lands or real estate, in any county in this state to which said sections apply, and of furnishing to persons applying therefor abstracts or copies of such writing or written entries, maps or plats as aforesaid, for a fee, reward or compensation therefor, and shall make the same with an alteration or interpolation in any matter of substance, with fraudulent intent to alter or change the same in any material manner or matter of substance, shall be guilty of the crime of forgery, and shall be punished as provided in subsection (1).
History.s. 6, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 3362; RGS 5210; CGL 7328; s. 962, ch. 71-136.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 831.04

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§831.04(1)FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITINGCHANGE CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS OF WRITINGF · 3rd
§831.04(2)FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITINGBUSINESS CHNG MAP PLAT RELATE LAND REAL ESTATEF · 3rd
§831.04FORGERY OFRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8816F · 3rd

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