Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Section 29:205 - Article 105. ForgeryAny person subject to this Code who, with intent to defraud:
(1) falsely makes or alters any signature to, or any part of, any writing which would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another or change his legal right or liability to his prejudice; or(2) utters, offers, issues, or transfers such a writing, known by him to be so made or altered; is guilty of forgery and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.Acts 1974, No. 621, §1; Acts 2022, No. 672, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 29:223.Renumbered from La. R.S. §29:223 by Acts 2022, No. 672,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.Former R.S. 29:205 redesignated as R.S. 29:198 by Acts 2022, No. 672, §1.