Ind. Code § 35-43-5-2

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 35-43-5-2 - Counterfeiting; forgery
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) makes or utters a written instrument in such a manner that it purports to have been made:
(A) by another person;
(B) at another time;
(C) with different provisions; or
(D) by authority of one who did not give authority; or
(2) possesses more than one (1) written instrument knowing that the written instruments were made in a manner that they purport to have been made:
(A) by another person;
(B) at another time;
(C) with different provisions; or
(D) by authority of one who did not give authority;

commits counterfeiting, a Level 6 felony.

(b) A person who, with intent to defraud, makes, utters, or possesses a written instrument in such a manner that it purports to have been made:
(1) by another person;
(2) at another time;
(3) with different provisions; or
(4) by authority of one who did not give authority;

commits forgery, a Level 6 felony.

IC 35-43-5-2

Amended by P.L. 174-2021,SEC. 44, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by P.L. 197-2015, SEC. 21, eff. 1/1/2016.
Amended by P.L. 158-2013, SEC. 469, eff. 7/1/2014.
As added by Acts1976 , P.L. 148, SEC.3. Amended by Acts1977 , P.L. 340, SEC.50; P.L. 45-2005, SEC.2; P.L. 106-2006, SEC.3.