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Fla. Stat. § 831.12 (2025)

Fraudulently connecting parts of genuine instrument.

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831.12 Fraudulently connecting parts of genuine instrument.—Whoever fraudulently connects together parts of several banknotes, checks, drafts, or other genuine instruments in such a manner as to produce one additional note, check, draft, or instrument, with intent to pass all of them as genuine, commits forgery as if each of them had been falsely made or forged.
History.—s. 19, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2490; GS 3371; RGS 5219; CGL 7337; s. 13, ch. 2001-115.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 831.12

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§831.12FORGERYFRAUD CONNECT PARTS OF BANKNOTES/CHECK/DRAFTF · 3rd

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