Florida Statute 831.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING

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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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 831.07

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S831.07 - COUNTERFEITING OF - COUNTERFEITING OF BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTE - F: T

S831.07 - FORGERY OF - FORGERY OF BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTE - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 831.07

Total Results: 2

State v. Walter

970 So. 2d 848, 2007 WL 3170113

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 31, 2007 | Docket: 1694762

Cited 4 times | Published

See § 817.568(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2002). [2] See § 831.07, Fla. Stat. (2002). [3] See § 812.014(2)(c),

State v. Davis

358 So. 2d 887, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15639

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 17, 1978 | Docket: 64564464

Published

aforesaid” clearly refers to the language of Section 831.07, Florida Statutes (1977), which reads “a bank

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