Florida Statute 831.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING

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831.07 Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes.—Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a bank bill, check, draft, or promissory note payable to the bearer thereof, or to the order of any person, issued by an incorporated banking company established in this state, or within the United States, or any foreign province, state, or government, with intent to injure any person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 4, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2485; GS 3366; RGS 5214; CGL 7332; s. 964, ch. 71-136; s. 8, ch. 2001-115.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 831.07

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S831.07 - COUNTERFEITING OF - COUNTERFEITING OF BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTE - F: T

S831.07 - FORGERY OF - FORGERY OF BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTE - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 831.07

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State v. Walter, 970 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 3170113

...This opinion does not preclude Ms. Walter from challenging the circumstances of the second interview, which were not fully developed during the suppression hearing. Reversed and remanded. WALLACE and LaROSE, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] See § 817.568(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2002). [2] See § 831.07, Fla....

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State v. Davis, 358 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15639

...This is a question of fact for the jury to decide. There remains the question of whether Section 831.09 includes this two dollar bill because the statute does not refer to currency or money. 2 The statutory wording “issued as aforesaid” clearly refers to the language of Section 831.07, Florida Statutes (1977), which reads “a bank bill or promissory note ....

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