§ 6-3-602 — Forgery; penalties

Wyoming § 6-3-602

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 3: OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
• Art. 6: FRAUD

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(a) A person is guilty of forgery if, with intent to
defraud, he:
(i) Alters any writing of another without authority;
(ii) Makes, completes, executes, authenticates,
issues or transfers any writing so that it purports to be the
act of another who did not authorize that act, or to have been
executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than
was in fact the case, or to be a copy of an original when no
such original existed; or
(iii) Utters any writing which he knows to be forged
in a manner specified in paragraphs (i) or (ii) of this
subsection.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
forgery is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than
ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), or both.
(c) Forgery is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the writing is a:
(i) Permit required by W.S. 11-21-102 through
11-21-104; or
(ii) Number or check number placed on a car or pit
car in or about a mine.