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Florida Statute 831.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 831.07 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 831.07 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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

Cases Citing F.S. 831.07

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·State v. Walter, 970 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 3170113

...This opinion does not preclude Ms. Walter from challenging the circumstances of the second interview, which were not fully developed during the suppression hearing. Reversed and remanded. WALLACE and LaROSE, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] See § 817.568(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2002). [2] See § 831.07, Fla....
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State v. Davis, 358 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15639

...This is a question of fact for the jury to decide. There remains the question of whether Section 831.09 includes this two dollar bill because the statute does not refer to currency or money. 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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