Vt. Stat. Ann. » Title 13 Chapter 43
Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 1802 (2026)

Uttering forged or counterfeited instrument

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section VT-LEGlegislature.vermont.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1802)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case: State v. Colby, 431 A.2d 462 (Vt. 1981).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
State v. Colby, 431 A.2d 462 (Vt. 1981). · cites it 3× “This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of uttering a forged instrument in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1802. The State provided evidence indicating that defendant cashed a welfare check at a Burlington bank which was made out to, and bore the forged signature…”
State v. Bartlett, 407 A.2d 163 (Vt. 1979). “Tried by jury, defendant Bartlett was acquitted of utterance of a forged instrument (13 V.S.A. § 1802) and convicted of passing counterfeit currency (13 V.”
State v. Ravenna, 557 A.2d 484 (Vt. 1988). · cites it 2× “The defendant was charged with uttering a forged instrument under 13 V.S.A. § 1802. After a jury trial she was convicted of that offense and appealed.”
In Re Bousley, 292 A.2d 249 (Vt. 1972). “The appellant was charged in the District Court of Vermont, Rutland Circuit, with *298 presentation of false tokens and uttering a forged instrument in violation of 13 V.S.A. §§ 1802 and 2002. Trial was by jury on January 20, 1970, which resulted in a verdict of guilty and a…”
State v. Moore, 303 A.2d 141 (Vt. 1973). “f Chittenden County issued a complaint alleging that on April 8, 1970, the defendant at Shelburne, Vermont, did then and there wilfully, falsely, deceitfully and feloniously utter and publish as true a forged check, knowing the same to be false and forged with intent to injure…”
Cijka v. State (Vt. Super. Ct. 2026). “The crime of uttering a forged instrument is described at 13 V.S.A. § 1802 as follows: “A person who utters and publishes as true a forged, altered, or counterfeited record, deed, instrument, or other writing mentioned in section 1801 of this title, knowing the same to be false,…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.