West Virginia § 61-4-1 Forgery of public record, certificate, return or attestation of court or officer; penalty

West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-4-1 — Forgery of public record, certificate, return or attestation of court or officer; penalty

West Virginia·Ch. 61 CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT·Art. 4 FORGERY AND CRIMES AGAINST THE CURRENCY

If any person forge a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of a clerk of a court, notary public, judge, justice, or any public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or utter or attempt to employ as true such forged record, certificate, return or attestation, knowing the same to be forged, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.

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If any person forge a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of a clerk of a court, notary public, judge, justice, or any public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or utter or attempt to employ as true such forged record, certificate, return or attestation, knowing the same to be forged, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.

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