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Idaho Code § 18-3601 (2026)

Forgery defined. 

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Forgery defined. 

Every person who, with intent to defraud another, falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits, any charter, letters, patent, deed lease, indenture, writing obligatory, will, testament, codicil, annuity, bond, covenant, bank bill or note, federal reserve note, United States currency or United States money, post note, check, draft, bill of exchange, contract, promissory note, due bill for the payment of money or property, receipt for money or property, passage ticket, power of attorney, or any certificate of any share, right, or interest in the stock of any corporation or association, or any state controller’s warrant for the payment of money at the treasury, county order or warrant, or request for the payment of money, or the delivery of goods or chattels of any kind, or for the delivery of any instrument of writing or acquittance, release, or receipt for money or goods, or any acquittance, release, or discharge for any debt, account, suit action demand, or other thing, real or personal, or any transfer or assurance of money, certificates of shares of stock, goods, chattels, or other property whatever, or any letter of attorney, or other power to receive money, or to receive or transfer certificates of shares of stock or annuities, or to let, lease, dispose of, alien, or convey any goods, chattels, lands or tenements, or other estate, real or personal, or any acceptance or endorsement of any bill of exchange, promissory note, draft, order, or assignment of any bond, writing obligatory, or promissory note for money or other property, or counterfeits or forges the seal or handwriting of another; or utters, publishes, passes, or attempts to pass, as true and genuine any of the above named false, altered, forged or counterfeited matters, as above specified and described, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to prejudice, damage, or defraud any person; or who, with intent to defraud, alters, corrupts or falsifies any record of any will, codicil, conveyance, or other instrument, the record of which is by law evidence, or any record of any judgment of a court, or the return of any officer to any process of any court, is guilty of forgery.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 108 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1962–2026 · leading case: Rummel v. Estelle
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Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980). · cites it 2× “§§ 743-9 , 743-11 (1968) (fine or up to 5 years' hard labor); Idaho Code §§ 18-3601 , 18-3604 (1948) (1 to 14 years); Ill.”
State v. Rawson, 597 P.2d 31 (Idaho 1979). · cites it 8× “He was subsequently arraigned in district court where he entered a plea of guilty to the charge and a presentence investigation report was ordered.”
State v. Hill, 97 P.3d 1014 (Idaho Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 4× “Hill was charged with one count of forgery, Idaho Code § 18-3601 , with the prosecution requesting a persistent violator sentence enhancement, I.”
State v. Pearson-Anderson, 41 P.3d 275 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “§ 18-3106, and for forgery, I.C. § 18-3601. In those cases, the district court revoked Pearson-Anderson's probation because the trafficking conviction constituted a violation of her probation.”
State v. Booton, 375 P.2d 536 (Idaho 1962). · cites it 8× “Appellant Booton was charged by an information of passing and uttering a forged instrument with intent to defraud, knowing it was false and forged, under the provisions of I.C. § 18-3601. He was tried and convicted of the charge, and appeals from the judgment of conviction and…”
State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012). · cites it 2× “Criminal solicitation, as provided in section 18-2001, Idaho Code; (i) Computer crime, as provided in section 18-2202, Idaho Code; (j) Theft, as provided in sections 18-2401 and 18-2403, Idaho Code; (k) Evidence falsified or concealed and witnesses intimidated or bribed, as…”
State v. Williams, 878 P.2d 213 (Idaho Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “In April 1991, Terry Lynn Williams pleaded guilty to one count of forgery, I.C. § 18-3601, and was sentenced to a unified term of five years with a minimum of two year’s confinement.”
Kuehl v. State, 181 P.3d 533 (Idaho Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “§§ 18-2403(1), 18-2407(l)(b), and five counts of forgery, I.C. § 18-3601. His convictions stemmed from the shooting death of Paul Gruber in 1994.”
State v. Allen, 141 P.3d 1136 (Idaho Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “15 cashier’s check to pay overdue rent, and two days later was charged with this forgery, I.C. § 18-3601. On October 25, 2003, Allen accepted a settlement offer regarding these two cases.”
State v. Horn, 865 P.2d 176 (Idaho Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “On August 30,1990, the Ada County prosecutor filed a complaint charging Horn with forgery, I.C. § 18-3601. An Ada County warrant of arrest was served on Horn at the Gem County jail where he was awaiting disposition of apparently unrelated criminal charges in that county.”
State v. Kesling Order Revoking Prob., 315 P.3d 861 (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Kesling pleaded guilty to forgery, I.C. § 18-3601, in Ada County Case No. H0300557; grand theft by deception, I.”
State v. May, 461 P.2d 126 (Idaho 1969). · cites it 6× “Three years later, upon Horrock’s complaint, appellant was charged upon information of the acts of “uttering and passing”' and “forging” the note with intent to defraud under I.C. § 18-3601 and on September 18 and 19, 1967, he was tried before a jury and convicted of that charge.”
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— Idaho Code § 18-3601(b) — 1 case
State v. Boyd F. Giannini, Sr. (Idaho Ct. App. 2010).
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