Possession of forged notes or bank bills or check or checks.
Every person who has in his possession, or receives from another person, any forged promissory note or bank bill, or bills, or check or checks, for the payment of money or property, with the intention to pass the same, or to permit, cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, with the intention to defraud any person, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, or has or keeps in his possession any blank or unfinished note or bank bill or check made in the form or similitude of any promissory note or bill or check for payment of money or property, made to be issued by any incorporated bank or banking company, with intention to fill up and complete such blank and unfinished note or bill or check, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be filled up and completed in order to utter or pass the same, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, to defraud any person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) nor more than fourteen (14) years.
Notes of Decisions
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2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case:
State v. Zaitseva, 13 P.3d 338 (Idaho 2000).
State v. Zaitseva, 13 P.3d 338 (Idaho 2000).
· cites it 20× “Zaitseva was charged with and convicted of fourteen counts of violating I.C. § 18-3605, which provides: Every person who has in his possession, or receives from another person, any forged promissory note or bank bills, or check or checks, for the payment of money or property,…”
State v. Delin, 627 P.2d 330 (Idaho 1981).
· cites it 8× “At the sentencing hearing, Delin stated that he had no ties in the area and that he had been on his way to California when he committed the crime.”
State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012).
· cites it 2× “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 provided in sections 18-2601 through…”
State v. Hedgecock, 212 P.3d 1010 (Idaho Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 4× “Hedgecock was charged with possession of forged bank bills, Idaho Code § 18-3605 . He filed a motion to suppress, claiming the seizure of the vehicle was unreasonable and thus, the subsequent search was unlawful and the evidence recovered and his statements made should be…”
State v. Gillespie- Sexually exploitative, 316 P.3d 126 (Idaho Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “(quoting I.C. § 18-3605) (emphasis added). Thus, our Supreme Court has not viewed the word “any” as a collective term limiting prosecution to a single possession charge but has, quite to the contrary, determined that multiple charges are appropriate under a statute that…”
State v. Smitherman (Idaho Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 4× “She was convicted of fourteen counts of violating I.C. § 18-3605 which provided, in part: Every person who has in his possession, or receives from another person, any forged promissory note or bank bill, or bank bills, or check or checks, for the payment of money or property,…”
State v. Marcus Damien Evans (Idaho Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “The district court imposed a unified sentence of seven years, with three years fixed. In Supreme Court Docket Number 45005, Evans pleaded guilty to one count of possession of forged bank bills or notes, I.”
State v. Anita Marie Taylor (Idaho Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “§§ 18-3125, 18-3128); possession of forged stolen notes, bank bills, or checks (I.C. § 18-3605); and possession of amphetamine (I.”
State v. Zielke (Idaho Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “Idaho Code § 18-3605 . The district court imposed a unified four-year sentence, with two years determinate, suspended the sentence, and placed Zielke on probation.”
State of Idaho v. Carrie Ann Evers (Idaho Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 2× “________________________________________________ Before TRIBE, Chief Judge; HUSKEY, Judge; and LORELLO, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Carrie Ann Evers pleaded guilty to two counts of felony possession of forged notes, bank bills, or checks,…”
State v. Renee Dawn Koyle (Idaho Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “Idaho Code § 18-3605 . The district court imposed a unified eight-year sentence with a two-year determinate term, but suspended the sentence and placed Koyle on probation.”
State v. Roger Lee Gibbs (Idaho Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “§§ 18-2403(1), 18-2407(1)(b), and 18- 2409; and possession of forged stolen notes, bank bills or checks, I.C. § 18-3605. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges and an allegation that Gibbs was a persistent violator were dismissed.”
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