Forgery means a person tried to trick or cheat someone by faking or changing documents, receipts, barcodes, or other items. This includes making fake writings, erasing real ones, faking the age or ownership of objects, or using or passing along things the person knows are fake. Forgery is a class D felony, which is a serious crime.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
570.090. — . — 1. A person commits the of forgery if, with the , the person:
(1) Makes, completes, alters or any writing so that it to have been made by another or at another time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case or with different terms or by of one who did not give such authority; or
(2) Erases, or destroys any writing; or
(3) Makes or alters anything other than a writing, including receipts and universal product codes, so that it purports to have a , antiquity, rarity, ownership or authorship which it does not possess; or
(4) Uses as genuine, or possesses for the purpose of using as genuine, or transfers with the knowledge or belief that it be used as genuine, any writing or other thing including receipts and universal product codes, which the person knows has been made or altered in the manner described in this section.
2. The offense of forgery is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (2013) Prosecution for forgery based on defendant's signature on employment application containing false Social Security number is not preempted by federal immigration law. State v. Diaz-Rey, 397 S.W.3d 5 (Mo.App.E.D.).
Related Missouri laws
Alteration or removal of item numbers with intent to deprive lawful owner
RSMo 570.085
Filing false documents, offense of, elements
RSMo 570.095
Possession of a forging instrumentality
RSMo 570.100
Crime of counterfeiting, definitions
RSMo 570.103
Seizure and forfeiture of counterfeit property
RSMo 570.105
Claim of right
RSMo 570.070
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