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Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code § 702. Aggravated forgery

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. A person is guilty of aggravated forgery if, with intent to defraud or deceive another person or government, he falsely makes, completes, endorses or alters a written instrument, or knowingly utters or possesses such an instrument, and the instrument is:

A. Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities or other valuable instruments issued by a government or governmental instrumentality;

B. Part of an issue of stocks, bonds or other instruments representing interests in or claims against an organization or its property;

C. A will, codicil or other instrument providing for the disposition of property after death;

D. A public record or an instrument filed or required or authorized by law to be filed in or with a public office or public employee; or

E. Repealed. Laws 1989, c. 187, § 1.

2. Aggravated forgery is a Class B crime.

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