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Fla. Stat. § 831.07 (2025)

Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes.

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831.07 Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes.—Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a bank bill, check, draft, or promissory note payable to the bearer thereof, or to the order of any person, issued by an incorporated banking company established in this state, or within the United States, or any foreign province, state, or government, with intent to injure any person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 4, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2485; GS 3366; RGS 5214; CGL 7332; s. 964, ch. 71-136; s. 8, ch. 2001-115.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 831.07

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§831.07COUNTERFEITING OFCOUNTERFEITING OF BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTEF · 3rd
§831.07FORGERY OFFORGERY OF BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTEF · 3rd
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2007 · leading case: State v. Walter, 970 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).
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State v. Walter, 970 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). · cites it 2× “The order of suppression is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings. This opinion does not preclude Ms. Walter from challenging the circumstances of the second interview, which were not fully developed during the suppression hearing.”
Burke v. State, 475 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985). · cites it 2× “" [3] This does not mean, of course, that a defendant who forges or alters three bills or notes (§ 831.07 Fla. Stat.) or other records (§ 831.”
State v. Davis, 358 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978). · cites it 2× “2 The statutory wording “issued as aforesaid” clearly refers to the language of Section 831.07, Florida Statutes (1977), which reads “a bank bill or promissory note .”
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