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Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
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831.01 Forgery.Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of any clerk or register of a court, public register, notary public, town clerk or any public officer, in relation to a matter wherein such certificate, return or attestation may be received as a legal proof; or a charter, deed, will, testament, bond, or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange or promissory note, or an order, acquittance, or discharge for money or other property, or an acceptance of a bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money, or any receipt for money, goods or other property, or any passage ticket, pass or other evidence of transportation issued by a common carrier, with intent to injure or defraud any person, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 1, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2479; s. 6, ch. 4702, 1899; GS 3359; RGS 5206; CGL 7324; s. 1, ch. 59-31; s. 1, ch. 61-98; s. 959, ch. 71-136; s. 32, ch. 73-334.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 831.01
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S831.01 - COUNTERFEITING OF - PUBLIC RECORD CERTIFICATE ETC - F: T
S831.01 - FORGERY OF - ALTER PUBLIC RECORD CERTIFICATE ETC - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 831.01

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Rollins, Inc. v. Butland, 951 So. 2d 860 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Cited 277 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3686484

...[8] *883 The complaint also alleges that the Appellants engaged in the following unfair or deceptive acts or practices: making or disseminating false and misleading advertisements in violation of sections 817.06 and 817.41, Florida Statutes (2001), forging consumers' signatures on inspection documents in violation of section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), defrauding and cheating consumers in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (2001), and improperly accepting annual renewal payments and other money from consumers in violation of section 812.014, Florida Statutes (2001)....
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Maddox v. State, 923 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 35 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2006 WL 59332

...several traffic infractions, [Dixon] provided a false name to the officer. That name was placed on the traffic citation, which [Dixon] signed using the false name. When it was learned that [Dixon] gave a false name, he was charged with forgery under section 831.01 and driving without a valid driver's license....
...tially eradicates all prosecutions for forgery of a traffic citation. Under Florida's statutory scheme, to obtain a conviction for forgery the State must demonstrate that the alleged document forged falls within the classes of documents specified in section 831.01 of the Florida Statutes (2005)....
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Donovan v. State, 572 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990).

Cited 23 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 179049

...0,000 fine. Three counts of second degree grand theft, section 812.014(1), (2)(b), Florida Statutes (1987): 15 years concurrent probation on each count, consecutive to the 30 years imprisonment for first degree grand theft. Eleven counts of forgery, section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1987): 5 years probation on each count, concurrent with each other....
...The elements of theft are all included in the elements of organized fraud even though identical terminology is not used in the two statutes. One cannot be convicted of both organized fraud and theft for the same act without a double jeopardy violation. On the other hand, the elements of forgery, section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1987), may be summarized as (1) falsely making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting various kinds of papers (2) with intent to injure or defraud any person....
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Brown v. State, 674 So. 2d 738 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

Cited 20 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 552814

...Brown was charged with multiple counts of grand theft and petit theft, in violation of section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1981), and uttering a forgery, in violation of section 831.02, Florida Statutes (1981). He was also charged with one count of forgery, in violation of section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1981)....
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Sinclair v. State, 46 So. 2d 453 (Fla. 1950).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1950 Fla. LEXIS 905

...timony and returned a verdict of guilty. The trial court sentenced the appellant to serve for the offense a period of two years at hard labor in the State Prison. An appeal has been perfected here. The information was drafted under the provisions of Section 831.01, F.S.A., and pertinent portions thereof are viz.: *454 "W.E....
...For the first time, after the jury's verdict, and in a motion for a new trial counsel contends that the information was fatally defective in that it failed or omitted to allege that the appellant committed forgery "with the intent to defraud", which is an essential element under Section 831.01, supra....
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Hardy v. State, 655 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 316330

...State, 550 So.2d 544 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989); Parker v. State, 539 So.2d 1168, 1169 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 547 So.2d 1210 (Fla. 1989). Convictions AFFIRMED; Sentences VACATED; REMANDED for resentencing. HARRIS, C.J., and GRIFFIN, J., concur. NOTES [1] § 831.01, Fla....
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Clark v. State, 114 So. 2d 197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Cited 12 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 80 A.L.R. 2d 261

...ch he was convicted, is declared to be a crime in this state by Section 831.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which reads as follows: "Whoever utters and publishes as true a false, forged or altered record, deed, instrument or other writing mentioned in § 831.01 knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeited, with intent to injure or defraud any person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding ten years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year." (Emphasis supplied.) Section 831.01, referred to in the quoted section, describes the crime of forgery and mentions such writings as writing obligatory, orders for money, among others, and clearly contemplates the forging of a check....
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Schauer v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp., 819 So. 2d 809 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 429271

..."Forgery exists under Florida law where the defendant makes a writing which falsely purports to be the writing of another, made with the intent to injure or defraud any person." Jamnadas v. Singh, 731 So.2d 69, 71 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) The instrument in question must have some legal efficacy. Id. (citation omitted); § 831.01, Fla....
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Green v. State, 76 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 1954).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 49 A.L.R. 2d 847

...The only question here presented is whether or not the facts of this case make out the crime of forgery, with which appellant was charged. In considering the question, it may be helpful at the outset to restate some general principles. Our forgery statute, F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A., makes whoever "forges" documents of specified classes "with intent to injure or defraud any person" liable to a maximum of ten years' imprisonment....
...ant case and that it has not been proved that his intent in using the fictitious name "Jimmy Smith" was to deceive the transferee as to his true identity. This brings us to consider the nature of the "intent" required under our forgery statute, F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A., and emphasizes the peculiar applicability of the Milton case to the problem before us....
...Insofar as it pertains to the requirement of intent as an element of the crime of forgery, Title 6, D.C.Code 1929, Sec. 86, under which the Milton case [71 App.D.C. 394, 110 F.2d 560] arose is greatly similar in language and identical in meaning to F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A., under which the instant case arises. The critical language of Sec. 86 of the D.C.Code is "with the intent to defraud or prejudice the right of another * * *", whereas the analogous language of F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A., is, as we have previously noted, "with intent to injure or defraud any person * * *"....
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In Re Watkins'Est., 75 So. 2d 194 (Fla. 1954).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 45 A.L.R. 2d 1360

...An examination of other Florida statutes that do not pertain to wills but that do have to do with attestations generally lends further support to the conclusion that the words were intended to be used in the broader sense and include the notion of subscription. In section 831.01, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A., for example, it is provided, in effect, that whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits an attestation of any public officer, in relation to a matter wherein such attestation may be received a...
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Glass v. State, 556 So. 2d 465 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 7623

...The court ordered him to serve concurrent sentences of 30 months in prison and 5 years' probation, a total sanction of 7 1/2 years, for two third-degree felony convictions. After being initially charged, he pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging forgery of a check in the amount of $12.11 in violation of section 831.01, Florida Statutes (case no....
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Williams v. State, 553 So. 2d 365 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 147384

...ss record; nor was any other exception to the general rule excluding hearsay evidence established. Accordingly, we quash the order of revocation and the judgment and sentences imposed. REVERSED. DANIEL, C.J., and COBB, J., concur. NOTES [1] Forgery; section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1987); uttering a false or forged instrument, section 831.02, Florida Statutes (1987)....
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Rushing v. State, 684 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 714012

...o traffic tickets. He argues on appeal that his crime was merely the misdemeanor offense of making a false official statement in writing under section 837.06, Florida Statutes (1993), *857 not forgery, the crime of which he was convicted. We affirm. Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1995), defines the crime of forgery as follows: Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of any clerk or register of a court, public register, not...
...[3] Moreover, prosecuting the offenses as the felony of forgery, even if the same conduct is treated as a misdemeanor by a separate statute, is permissible. See State v. Cogswell, 521 So.2d 1081 (Fla.1988). [4] AFFIRMED. PETERSON, C.J., and GRIFFIN and ANTOON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 831.01, Fla....
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State v. Jaramillo, 951 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 750528

...ny person not entitled thereto." See § 812.014(1), Fla. Stat. (2003). The forgery charge alleged the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting of "a public record to wit: a marriage certificate, with intent to injure or defraud. . . ." See § 831.01, Fla....
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Watkins v. State, 826 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 31093939

...The court should not grant a motion for judgment of acquittal unless the evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the State, fails to establish a prima facie case of guilt. Id. (citing Dupree v. State, 705 So.2d 90, 93 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (en banc)). Pursuant to section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1999), "forgery" is defined as: *474 [w]hoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a ......
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Jamnadas v. Singh, 731 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 176232

...writing of another, made with the intent to injure or defraud any person. The instrument in question additionally must have some legal efficacy. See Rushing v. State, 684 So.2d 856 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996), rev. denied, 694 So.2d 739 (Fla.1997). See also § 831.01, Fla....
...GOSHORN and HARRIS, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] There are no allegations in the third amended complaint that the mortgagees had any knowledge that the plaintiffs had supplied any funds to the Singhs, or that the mortgagees participated in any fraud against the plaintiffs. [2] Section 831.01 provides: Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of any clerk or register of a court, public register, notary public, town clerk or any public officer, in relation...
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State v. Veilleux, 859 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 22514534

...Veilleux signed traffic citations for reckless driving and driving without a valid driver's license using the name "Mark Lee White." The police discovered Mr. Veilleux's true identity when they heard a passenger refer to him by a nickname. The State charged Mr. Veilleux with forgery pursuant to section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2002)....
...Finally, I would hold that section 316.650(9), Florida Statutes (2002), should not be followed as a procedural rule of evidence until such time as the supreme court adopts this rule of evidence. The State charged Mr. Veilleux with forgery of a public record pursuant to section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2002)....
...NOTES [1] "Florida courts have recognized that signing another person's name to a traffic citation constitutes a forgery." Dixon, 812 So.2d at 596 (citing Rushing v. State, 684 So.2d 856 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996)). [2] The elements of forgery of a traffic citation pursuant to section 831.01 are: (1) the defendant signed someone else's name on a traffic citation (2) with intent to injure or defraud any person....
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State v. Nuckolls, 677 So. 2d 12 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 324661

...We find this fulfills the jurisdictional requirements for the statewide prosecutor. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part and REMANDED. PETERSON, C.J., and COBB, J., concur. NOTES [1] § 895.03(3), Fla.Stat. [2] § 895.03(4), Fla.Stat. [3] § 817.036, Fla.Stat. [4] § 812.014(2), Fla.Stat. [5] § 319.35(1)(a), Fla.Stat. [6] § 831.01, Fla.Stat....
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Kidd v. State, 985 So. 2d 1180 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 2596658

...Section 775.15, Florida Statutes, sets out the statutes of limitations for different degrees of criminal offenses. Unless otherwise provided, the prosecution for second and third degree felonies must be commenced within three years after commission of the offense. § 775.15(2)(b), Fla. Stat. Forgery is an offense under section 831.01 and dealing in stolen property is an offense under section 812.019....
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McConnell v. State, 298 So. 2d 550 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...Gardner, Public Defender, Sarasota, and Ellen Condon, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant. Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard C. Booth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. GRIMES, Judge. Appellant was convicted of a third degree felony under § 831.01, F.S.A., and sentenced to five years....
...While upholding the conviction under the prior statute, the court held that its penalty provisions had been superseded by the penalty provisions of the later act. In Strada v. State, Fla. App.4th, 1972, 267 So.2d 702, that court went a step further and held that where the conduct of a defendant convicted under § 831.01, F.S.A., constituted a violation of § 817.61, F.S.A., the defendant was entitled to be sentenced under the more lenient penal provisions of the latter statute....
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Dixon v. State, 812 So. 2d 595 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 500227

...ffic infractions, appellant provided a false *596 name to the officer. That name was placed on the traffic citation, which appellant signed using the false name. When it was learned that appellant gave a false name, he was charged with forgery under section 831.01 and driving without a valid driver's license....
...*597 POLSTON, J., dissenting. I respectfully dissent because I would not apply section 316.650(9), Florida Statutes (2000) to the forged traffic citation. After it was discovered that Appellant had given a false name, he was charged by information with forgery under section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2000), and driving without a valid driver's license....
...the forgery charge. See Rushing v. State, 684 So.2d 856, 857 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996)(holding that "[a] defendant's signature on a traffic ticket seems to operate as an appearance bond, so signing another's name on a ticket would be forgery" pursuant to § 831.01)....
...3d DCA 1979)(holding that the accident report privilege statute did not apply because a staged collision should not be considered as an accident). Accordingly, I would affirm the trial court's ruling to admit the forged traffic citation as evidence in the trial against Appellant for forgery under section 831.01....
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State v. Escobedo, 404 So. 2d 760 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...*762 Solomon & Mendelow and Harold Mendelow, Miami Springs, for appellee. Before HUBBART, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ. HUBBART, Chief Judge. The central question presented for review by this appeal is whether it is a forgery proscribed by Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), for a person to make a false birth certificate with the name of a fictitious public office affixed thereto with intent to injure or defraud another. We hold that such an act constitutes a forgery of a public record under Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), so long as: (1) the fictitious public office affixed thereto otherwise purports to be a genuine public office; and (2) the birth certificate is on its face of some apparent legal efficacy. We, accordingly, reverse the order under review which dismissed the information in this cause and remand for further proceedings. I The defendant Jorge Escobedo was charged by information with three counts of forgery [831.01, Fla....
...ly filed traverse — that there is no such public office in the State of New York as the State Registrar, the office being entirely fictitious. [1] It was urged by the defendant that he, therefore, could not lawfully be found guilty of forgery under Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), as one cannot commit a forgery by making an otherwise false birth certificate if he affixes thereto the name of a fictitious public *764 office. [2] The trial court agreed and dismissed the information. The state appeals from this order, which appeal we have jurisdiction to entertain. § 924.07(1), Fla. Stat. (1979); see also Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(c)(1)(A). II "Our forgery statute, F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A., makes whoever `forges' documents of specified classes `with intent to injure or defraud any person' liable to a maximum of [five] years' imprisonment....
...254 (1901) (syllabus by court, no. 2). On the other hand, "[a] mere brutum fulmen, on its face utterly valueless and of no binding force or efficacy for any purpose of harm, liability or injury to any one, cannot be the subject of forgery." Id. at 219, 31 So. at 254. Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), sets out the instruments which may be the subject of forgery as follows: "......
...This element is satisfied when there is either an intent to injure [i.e., prejudice] another or an intent to defraud another. Green v. State, 76 So.2d at 648. *765 III Turning to the instant case, we have no difficulty in concluding that the defendant's actions herein constitute a forgery under Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979)....
...ords. Both represent, in our view, false public records and both are punishable as forgery under the established law. See generally, Annot., 69 A.L.R.2d 1095 (1960); Annot., 49 A.L.R.2d 852 (1956). Second, the instrument forged is clearly covered by Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1979), as a public record having on its face an apparent legal efficacy....
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State v. Nuckolls, 606 So. 2d 1205 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 235339

...SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Orders granting motions to dismiss in criminal cases are appealable. State v. Smith, 578 So.2d 826 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991); State v. Saufley, 574 So.2d 1207 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). [2] § 319.35(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1989). [3] § 831.01, Fla....
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Sosa v. Hames, 581 F. Supp. 2d 1254 (S.D. Fla. 2008).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83962, 2008 WL 4527826

...194-10]). Hames sought a warrant to search Sosa's residence for documents related to the following felonies: "grand theft, forgery, [and] offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications and certificates, Florida State Statutes, 812.014, 831.01, and 319.33 respectively." ( Id....
...Defendants assert that (1) Sosa was in possession of forged certificates of destruction and (2) Sosa transferred vehicles with forged certificates of destruction to U-Pull-It in violation of Florida law. Defendants rely on Florida Statute Sections 831.01 and 831.02 as their bases for probable cause to arrest. Florida Statute Section 831.01 makes it a felony to falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit "a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of any clerk or register of a court, public register, notary public, town clerk or any public officer, in relatio...
...obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading...." Florida Statute Section 831.02 similarly makes it a felony to "utter[ ] and publish[] as true a false, forged or altered record, deed, instrument or other writing mentioned in § 831.01 knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeited, with intent to injure or defraud any person." With respect to Defendants' first probable cause argument, neither statute makes mere possession of a forged instrument criminal,...
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Collins v. State, 626 So. 2d 991 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 10656, 1993 WL 417571

014(l)(a)(b), (2)(c)(l), Fla.Stat. (1991). . § 831.01, Fla.Stat. (1991). .Pearson described Collins
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State of Florida v. Wendy B. Carrier, 240 So. 3d 852 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

the general prohibition against forgery in section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), expressly required
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Carnley v. Cochran, 118 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 1960).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...The petitioner contends that since the forgery information failed to allege that he had received something of value for the forged checks, he could not have been convicted of committing a felony. He cites: State ex rel. Shargaa v. Culver, Fla., 113 So.2d 383; Section 831.01, Florida Statutes, as Amended by Chapter 59-31, Laws of Florida, 1959, F.S.A....
...There is no merit whatever to the first point raised by the petitioner even though the amount of each check was much less than $100 and even though it was not alleged that he received anything of value in exchange therefor. The crime of forgery denounced by Section 831.01, Florida Statutes, 1957, F.S.A., in effect at the time of the commission of the offense, *631 authorized imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period not exceeding ten years....
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Rollins, Inc. v. Butland, 932 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 1791705

...[7] The complaint also alleges that the Appellants engaged in the following unfair or deceptive acts or practices: making or disseminating false and misleading advertisements in violation of sections 817.06 and 817.41, Florida Statutes (2001), forging consumers' signatures on inspection documents in violation of section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), defrauding and cheating consumers in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (2001), and improperly accepting annual renewal payments and other money from consumers in *1194 violation of section 812.014, Florida Statutes (2001)....
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Padron Warehouse v. Realty Assocs. Fund III, 377 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (S.D. Fla. 2005).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida

...Padron allegedly did not have the authority to bind PWC in this transaction does not make his genuine signature a forgery. Florida law, both statutory and decisional, is that forgery requires the making of a writing that falsely purports to be the writing of another, with intent to defraud. See, e.g., Fla. Stat. § 831.01; Watkins v....
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Willis v. State, 857 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 14387, 2003 WL 22190021

his conduct does not qualify as forgery under section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), which provides in
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State v. Just., 624 So. 2d 402 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1993 WL 372169

...remand for further proceedings. REVERSED and REMANDED. HARRIS, C.J., and GOSHORN, J., concur. NOTES [1] See Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(c)(1)(B). [2] § 817.034(4)(a)(3), Fla. Stat. (1989). [3] §§ 812.014(1), 812.014(2)(c)(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988). [4] § 831.01, Fla....
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Lewis v. State, 667 So. 2d 292 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 9642, 1995 WL 539046

1994). Appellant’s conviction for forgery under section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1993), is supported by proof
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Florida Bar v. Gold, 203 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 1967).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1967 Fla. LEXIS 3437

respondent admitted the forgery as defined by F.S. 831.01, F.S.A., uttering a forged instrument as defined
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Kincaid v. State, 227 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 3d DCA 1969).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5121

the intention to injure or defraud another. Section 831.-01, F.S.1967,- F.S.A. The court thereupon summarily
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Massey v. State, 351 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...ived *377 concurrent five-year sentences for the offenses of forgery and uttering a forgery, each to be served "at hard labor". We treat the petition as one to amend said sentences. When the petitioner was before the court for judgment and sentence, Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1969) was applicable and provided a maximum sentence of ten years for such offense....
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Gaskins v. State, 532 So. 2d 97 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2354, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4673, 1988 WL 107390

the evidence fails to support a violation of section 831.01, Florida Statutes. Although appellant’s conduct
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Crawford v. Watkins, 75 So. 2d 194 (Fla. 1954).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 45 A.L.R. 2d 1360, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1781

and include the notion Of subscription. In section 831.01, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A., for example
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Strada v. State, 267 So. 2d 702 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6195

name of one Robert D. Fetter in violation of Section 831.01 F.S.1969, F.S.A. The defendant was convicted
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State v. Friedman, 533 So. 2d 309 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2451, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4837, 1988 WL 117175

proscribes uttering only those records delineated in section 831.01, Florida Statutes, and that appellant’s academic
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Folk v. State, 192 So. 2d 44 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 4585

appellant Liquari was convicted of forgery (Fla.Stat., § 831.01, F.S. A.) 2 and uttering.a forged instrument.
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Kinman v. State, 550 So. 2d 1190 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 129799

...Therefore, it was error for the trial court to score the six points for legal constraint. Accordingly, we quash the sentence and remand for resentencing. QUASH sentence; REMAND. DANIEL, C.J., and HARRIS, Associate Judge, concur. NOTES [1] § 831.02, Fla. Stat. (1987) (uttering a false or forged instrument); § 831.01, Fla....
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State v. Weaver, 662 So. 2d 1019 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 12103, 1995 WL 680449

REMANDED. DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur. . § 831.01, Fla.Stat. (1991). . § 817.61, Fla.Stat. (1991)
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Pastoria v. State, 312 So. 2d 808 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 14930

with Forgery of Credit Card in violation of Section 831.01, F.S.1969, F. S.A., along with Fraudulent Use
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Ponce v. State, 689 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 2733, 1997 WL 131560

when in fact they are third-degree felonies. § 831.01, Fla. Stat. (1995). Resentencing upon a correctly
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Simmons v. State, 594 So. 2d 853 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 1869, 1992 WL 36977

however, changed these counts of forgery under section 831.01, Florida Statutes. The written sentence should
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State v. Nuckolls, 617 So. 2d 724 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 3001, 1993 WL 74943

09(2), Grand Theft, F.S. 812.014(2), Forgery, F.S. 831.01, Odometer Fraud, F.S. 319.35(l)(a), Title Fraud
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Carr v. State, 133 So. 3d 1197 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 948849, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 3488

Mr. Carr had never done lawn work for him. Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2011), provides that the
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Williams v. State, 278 So. 2d 643 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 8082

deed, instrument or other writing mentioned in § 831.01 knowing the same to be false, altered, forged
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Peterson v. State, 200 So. 2d 829 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4557

of $68.50 each in two counts in violation of Section 831.01 and 831.02 of Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Defendant
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Williams v. State, 462 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 21386

Appellant was prosecuted in four counts under section 831.01, the general forgery statute which was originally
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Williams v. State, 451 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 13761

Appellant was prosecuted in four counts under section 831.01, the general forgery statute which was originally
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Gadson v. State, 451 So. 2d 992 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 13700

which read: CHARGE: FORGERY, in violation of F.S. 831.01. SPECIFICATIONS OF CHARGE: In that JOHN L. GADSON
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Best Pool & Spa Serv. Co. v. Romanik, 622 So. 2d 65 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 7618, 1993 WL 267026

county-imposed penalties or criminal charges pursuant to section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1991), which makes it a
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Parker v. State, 658 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 7705, 1995 WL 421870

as true with requisite criminal intent under Section 831.01, Florida Statutes (1991). This is so because
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Bodine v. State, 452 So. 2d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14060

, and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., J., concur. . § 831.01, Fla.Stat. (1981). . § 831.02, Fla.Stat. (1981)
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Padron Warehouse Corp. v. Realty Assocs. Fund III, L.P., 377 F. Supp. 2d 1259 (S.D. Fla. 2005).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18462, 2005 WL 1691898

with intent to defraud. See, e.g., Fla. Stat. § 831.01; Watkins v. State, 826 So.2d 471, 474 (Fla. 1st
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Pate v. State, 256 So. 2d 223 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 7428

deed, instrument, or other writing mentioned in § 831.01, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged
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Washington v. State, 685 So. 2d 996 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 34, 1997 WL 1825

two traffic citations and was charged under section 831.01, Florida Statutes, with forgery of both traffic
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Byrd v. State, 243 So. 2d 436 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 5410

day of this Court to the offense of FORGERY F.S. 831.01, F.S.A., the Court now adjudges you to be guilty
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State v. McCurdy, 257 So. 2d 92 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 7337

was erroneous and must be here reversed. F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A. under which the several counts 1 were
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Davis v. State, 481 So. 2d 562 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 212, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 5908

REMANDED. COBB, C.J., and DAUKSCH, J., concur. . § 831.01, Fla.Stat. (1983). . §§ 812.014(l)(a), (b) and
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State v. Charles, 341 So. 2d 539 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 14987

the information charging forgery. We reverse. Section 831.01, Florida Statutes, proscribes either the forgery
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State v. Koczwara, 837 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 1545, 2003 WL 327604

documents (not including driver’s licenses) in section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), contains an express
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Brousseau v. State, 590 So. 2d 997 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 12067, 1991 WL 254229

738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). . § 831.01,- Fla.Stat. (1989). . § 831.02, Fla.Stat. (1989)
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Schuhart v. State, 647 So. 2d 1049 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 12454, 1994 WL 708171

JJ., concur. . § 831.02, Fla.Stat. (1987). . § 831.01, Fla.Stat. (1987). . § 812.014(2)(c), Fla.Stat
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Tabitha Joy Lewis v. State of Florida, 152 So. 3d 845 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...McCoy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. We reverse Tabitha Joy Lewis’ forgery conviction, because the state failed to present sufficient evidence of intent to injure or defraud, as required under section 831.01, Florida Statutes. The charge alleged that Ms....
...Lewis further testified that she fantasized about regaining custody of her son, that drafting the order made her feel a little better, and that she never showed the document to anyone or used it in any way. The jury found the defendant guilty, and the trial court sentenced her to five years in prison. Section 831.01, Florida Statutes provides in pertinent part, “Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a public record [of] . . . any public officer . . . with intent to injury or defraud any person, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree . . . .” Falsified court orders are one kind of document that falls under the purview of the forgery statute, section 831.01, because they constitute forged public records....
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State v. Martinez, 870 So. 2d 18 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 12218, 2003 WL 21946474

false name. He was charged with forgery under section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2002). Martinez filed a
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Davis v. State, 111 So. 2d 459 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 2857

, and CARROLL, DONALD K., J., concur. . F.S. § 831.01, F.S.A. . Green v. State, Fla.1954, 76 So.2d
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State v. La Pointe, 345 So. 2d 362 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 15807

not among the instruments or items listed in Section 831.01 of the forgery statute, and therefor that the
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State v. Weir, 488 So. 2d 557 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 912, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 7280

court ruled “that the forgery provisions of section 831.-01, Florida Statutes, as they pertain to the allegations
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Lawrence v. State, 330 So. 2d 160 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14943

the first count charging forgery in violation of § 831.01, Florida Statutes, and the second count charging

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