(a) It is unlawful for any person to forge or counterfeit any instrument, or possess any counterfeit instrument, with the intent to injure or defraud any person, financial institution, or governmental unit. Any person in violation of this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.
(b) Any person who transports or possesses five or more counterfeit instruments with the intent to injure or defraud any person, financial institution, or governmental unit is guilty of a Class G felony.
(c) As used in this Article, the term:
(1) "Counterfeit" means to manufacture, copy, reproduce, or forge an instrument that purports to be genuine, but is not, because it has been falsely copied, reproduced, forged, manufactured, embossed, encoded, duplicated, or altered.
(2) "Financial institution" means any mutual fund, money market fund, credit union, savings and loan association, bank, or similar institution, either foreign or domestic.
(3) "Governmental unit" means the United States, any United States territory, any state of the United States, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of any state, or any foreign jurisdiction.
(4) "Instrument" means (i) any currency, bill, note, warrant, check, order, or similar instrument of or on any financial institution or governmental unit, or any cashier or officer of the institution or unit; or (ii) any security issued by, or on behalf of, any corporation, financial institution, or governmental unit. (1819, c. 994, s. 1, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 60; Code, s. 1030; Rev., s. 3419; C.S., s. 4293; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1983, c. 397, s. 1; 2002-175, s. 1.)
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3 in the last 5 years), 1950–2021 · leading case:
State v. Rankin, 821 S.E.2d 787 (N.C. 2018).
State v. Rankin, 821 S.E.2d 787 (N.C. 2018).
· cites it 6× “at 251-52 (discussing the sharp increase in executions for forgery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) with N.C.G.S. § 14-119(a) (2017) (classifying forgery generally as a Class I felony).”
State v. Guarascio, 696 S.E.2d 704 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 12× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119 (a) (2007). An “instrument” is “any currency, bill, note, warrant, check, order, or similar instrument of or on any financial institution or governmental unit, or any cashier or officer of the institution or unit[.”
State v. Van McDougall, 301 S.E.2d 308 (N.C. 1983).
· cites it 2× “G.S. 14-119 (1981), a nonviolent crime, may be committed by a defendant who forces another at gunpoint to forge a signature on a check.”
State v. Fraley, 643 S.E.2d 39 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 2× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119 (a) (2005). *690 The State presented evidence in the form of testimony by Johnson that defendant brought to her house a check made out to her on an account bearing David Bradley’s name.”
State v. King, 630 S.E.2d 719 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “§ 14-100 , thirteen counts of forgery in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119 , and thirteen counts of uttering in violation of N.”
State v. Greenlee, 159 S.E.2d 22 (N.C. 1968).
· cites it 2× “” G.S. 14-119 prohibits the forgery of bank notes, checks and other securities.”
State v. Cradle, 188 S.E.2d 296 (N.C. 1972).
“General Assembly of North Carolina and not the judiciary to determine the extent of punishment which may be imposed on those convicted of crime.”
State v. Cranfield, 76 S.E.2d 353 (N.C. 1953).
· cites it 2× “In this connection it is appropriate to note that the two counts in the bills of indictment on which these prosecutions are founded are in conformity with the provisions of two kindred statutes pertaining to forgery, (1) G.S. 14-119, relating to “Forgery of bank-notes, checks…”
Mathis v. State of North Carolina, 266 F. Supp. 841 (M.D.N.C. 1967).
· cites it 2× “On that day the grand jury returned six indictments against the petitioner, two being forgery, under G.S. § 14-119, and four being false pretense under G.”
State v. Davis, 147 S.E.2d 570 (N.C. 1966).
“A violation of G.S. 14-119 is a felony, and the statute provides that the punishment shall be imprisonment for not less than four months nor more than ten years, or by a fine in the discretion of the court.”
State v. Sutton, 188 S.E.2d 596 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972).
· cites it 3× “) The money orders here involved were instruments as described in G.S. 14-119. To convict of the felony of forging the endorsements thereon under the second sentence of G.”
State v. Coleman, 117 S.E.2d 742 (N.C. 1961).
“McLauchlin on the back of check #525 and identified as Exhibit A. John McLauchlin testified that he had not authorized anyone to sign his name to this check.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119(a) — 1 case
State v. Rankin, 821 S.E.2d 787 (N.C. 2018).
“at 251-52 (discussing the sharp increase in executions for forgery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) with N.C.G.S. § 14-119(a) (2017) (classifying forgery generally as a Class I felony).”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119(b) — 1 case
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