Florida Statute 831.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING

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831.08 Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts.—Whoever has in his or her possession 10 or more similar false, altered, forged, or counterfeit notes, bills of credit, bank bills, checks, drafts, or notes, such as are mentioned in any of the preceding sections of this chapter, payable to the bearer thereof or to the order of any person, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to utter and pass the same as true, and thereby to injure or defraud 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. 5, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2486; GS 3367; RGS 5215; CGL 7333; s. 965, ch. 71-136; s. 1291, ch. 97-102; s. 9, ch. 2001-115.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 831.08

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

S831.08 - POSSESS COUNTERFEITED - ERROR - F: T

S831.08 - POSSESS FORGED - POSSESS 10+ FORGED BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTE - F: T

S831.08 - POSSESS COUNTERFEITED - POSSESS 10+ CTFT BANK BILL/CHECK/DRAFT/NOTE - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 831.08

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Green v. State, 18 So. 3d 656 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 12885, 2009 WL 2835210

...Green was convicted after jury trial of trafficking in cocaine in an amount of 28 grams or more but less than 200 grams in violation of section 893.135(1)(b)(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2003); misdemeanor possession of cannabis in violation of section 893.13(6)(b); and possession of ten or more counterfeit bills in violation of section 831.08, Florida Statutes (2003)....

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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

...f Section 831.02 Florida Statutes 1975. The 37th count charged the defendants with possession of ten or more such described false forged tickets with intent to utter them as true, and thereby to injure and defraud the NFL and others, in violation of Section 831.08....

...on the grounds that a ticket of admission to a sporting event is not a ‘receipt for money’ or other writing mentioned in Section 831.01, Florida Statutes, nor is it *364 ‘a note’ or other writing payable to the bearer thereof as required by Section 831.08, Florida Statutes.” On this appeal therefrom the state argues, and we agree, the trial court was in error in holding that the Super Bowl tickets were not receipts for money or other writings mentioned in Section 831.01 Florida Statutes 1975....

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