Florida Statute 831.09 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING

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F.S. 831.09

831.09 Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notes.—Whoever utters or passes or tenders in payment as true, any such false, altered, forged, or counterfeit note, or any bank bill, check, draft, or promissory note, payable to the bearer thereof or to the order of any person, issued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud 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. 6, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2487; GS 3368; RGS 5216; CGL 7334; s. 966, ch. 71-136; s. 10, ch. 2001-115.

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Amendments to 831.09

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 831.09

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

S831.09 - PASS FORGED - ALTER BANK BILL NOTE CHECK DRAFT - F: T

S831.09 - PASS COUNTERFEITED - BANK BILL CHECK DRAFT NOTE - F: T

S831.09 - FRAUD - UTTER FALSE BANK BILL NOTE CHECK DRAFT - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 831.09

Total Results: 8

Grant v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-06-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 13 So. 3d 163, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 7901, 2009 WL 1636810

Snippet: uttering an altered check in violation of section 831.09, Florida Statutes (2007). She contends her motion

Childers v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-02-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 931 So. 2d 86, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 17207, 2006 WL 237081

Snippet: “person.” See, e.g., §§ 831.01, 831.02, 831.07, 831.09, Fla. Stat. (2002). By its use of the term “person

Childers v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-02-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 936 So. 2d 585

Snippet: person." See, e.g., §§ 831.01, 831.02, 831.07, 831.09, Fla. Stat. (2002). By its use of the term "

Quaker Oats Co. v. Jewell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-03-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 818 So. 2d 574

Snippet: entered in favor of the Employees for a total of $103,831.09, as well as a subsequent judgment awarding them

Burke v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-07-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 475 So. 2d 252

Snippet: convicted of three counts of uttering a forged bill (§ 831.09, Fla. Stat.). THE ISSUE: Does the defendant'…statutory construction the statute in this case (§ 831.09, Fla. Stat.) refers to "any" altered

N.A.P. Consumer Electronics Corp. v. Electron Tubes International, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 458 So. 2d 831, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2349, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15785

Snippet: , Jorgenson, Nesbitt 6 November 1984 458 So. 2d 831, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2349, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15785

State v. Davis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: denomination does not constitute an offense under Section 831.09, Florida Statutes (1977).1 Appellee was charged… uttering a forged bill in violation of Section 831.09. The information alleged that he had altered the…bill was not one of the items covered by Section 831.09. The court expressed the view that a two dollar…the uttering of a forged instrument under Section 831.09. Our ruling was premised on the fact that Section…. There remains the question of whether Section 831.09 includes this two dollar bill because the statute

Owen v. Baggett

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1919-05-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 77 Fla. 582, 81 So. 888

Snippet: ; Hipp v. Ferrall, 173 N. C. 167, 91 S. E. Rep. 831; 9 Corpus Juris 469; 4 R. C. L. 229; Snethen v. Harrison