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Forgery

If you have been charged, accused, or are under investigation for an offense involving Forgery, please contact our office at 817-460-7171 or 817-461-2800 metro immediately to schedule a consultation to discuss the specific facts of your case with an attorney.

§ 32.21 FORGERY, Texas Penal Code
(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Forge" means:

(A) to alter, make, complete, execute, or authenticate any writing so that it purports:

(i) to be the act of another who did not authorize that act;
(ii) to have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case; or
(iii) to be a copy of an original when no such original existed;

(B) to issue, transfer, register the transfer of, pass, publish, or otherwise utter a writing that is forged within the meaning of Paragraph (A); or
(C) to possess a writing that is forged within the meaning of Paragraph (A) with intent to utter it in a manner specified in Paragraph (B).

(2) "Writing" includes:

(A) printing or any other method of recording information;
(B) money, coins, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, and trademarks; and
(C) symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification.

(b) A person commits an offense if he forges a writing with intent to defraud or harm another.
(c) Except as provided in Subsections (d) and (e) an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if the writing is or purports to be a will, codicil, deed, deed of trust, mortgage, security instrument, security agreement, credit card, check, authorization to debit an account at a financial institution, or similar sight order for payment of money, contract, release, or other commercial instrument.
(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the writing is or purports to be:

(1) part of an issue of money, securities, postage or revenue stamps;
(2) a government record listed in Section 37.01(2)(C); or
(3) other instruments issued by a state or national government or by a subdivision of either, or part of an issue of stock, bonds, or other instruments representing interests in or claims against another person.

(f) A person is presumed to intend to defraud or harm another if the person acts with respect to two or more writings of the same type and if each writing is a government record listed in Section 37.01(2)(C).

If you have been charged, accused, or are under investigation for an offense involving Forgery, please contact our office at 817-460-7171 or 817-461-2800 metro immediately to schedule a consultation to discuss the specific facts of your case with an attorney.

Early intervention in a criminal case can often make the difference between facing misdemeanor or felony charges, or indeed whether or not any charges are filed at all.  Please do not hesitate to contact our office and schedule a consultation to discuss the specific facts of your case.

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Law Offices of Kennedy & Kennedy
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Arlington, Texas (TX) 76010
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