Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 18-3604 (2026)

Punishment for forgery. 

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Punishment for forgery. 

Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) nor more than fourteen (14) years.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases, 1963–2020 · leading case: State v. Adams, 772 P.2d 260 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989).
State v. Adams, 772 P.2d 260 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 18-3604. Where a sentence is within statutory limits, we will not disturb it unless the record indicates the district judge abused his discretion.”
Davidson v. State, 437 P.2d 620 (Idaho 1968). · cites it 8× “The Ada County district court entered its order denying appellant's petition on the grounds, first, that the writ of habeas corpus may not be used as a substitute for appeal; and second, that because the sentence was within the statutory limits of I.”
State v. Lawrence, 565 P.2d 989 (Idaho 1977). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-3604 limits imprisonment for forgery to not less than one year or more than fourteen years.”
State v. Hanslovan, 775 P.2d 158 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 18-3604. In- stead, as mentioned earlier, he received two concurrent, indeterminate five-year prison terms.”
State v. Howard, 730 P.2d 1030 (Idaho Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-3604. Where, as here, a sentence is within statutory limits, it will not be disturbed unless an abuse of discretion is shown.”
State v. Joslin, 816 P.2d 1019 (Idaho Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “The court also gave Joslin credit for time served in jail prior to the date he was sentenced and ordered Joslin to make restitution of $325 and to pay court costs.”
State v. Raine, 477 P.2d 104 (Idaho 1970). · cites it 2× “ting to be the bill, note, or check, or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or property of some bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual, when in fact, there is no such bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual in existence, knowing the bill, note,…”
State v. Bishop, 405 P.2d 970 (Idaho 1965). · cites it 4× “son, or who, with the like intention, attempts to pass, utter or publish, or who has in his possession, with like intent to utter, pass, or publish, any fictitious bill, note or check, purporting to be the bill, note, or check, or other instrument in writing for the payment of…”
State v. Beatey, 846 P.2d 924 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Beatey lived in a trailer on the woman’s property and had access to her home. Beatey stated he removed, from a spare bedroom, a pad of checks belonging to his *276 employer, forged her name on the checks and used the money to buy drugs.”
State v. Eubanks, 383 P.2d 342 (Idaho 1963). · cites it 2× “” Under the law, and the court’s instruction, there is no merit to this specification as to proof of other crimes being inadmissible. Error is assigned in the giving of Instruction No.”
State v. Hellberg, 668 P.2d 137 (Idaho Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-3604. The sentence imposed was within the statutory maximum and will not be disturbed on appeal unless a clear abuse of discretion is shown.”
State v. Matt Eugene Ruck, 314 P.3d 157 (Idaho 2013). · cites it 2× “Employee could have been placed on probation for fourteen years, I.C. §§ 18-3604 & 20-222, but he was only placed on probation for seven years.”
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