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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title K - Offenses Involving Fraud
Article 170 - Forgery and Related Offenses
170.30 - Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the First Degree.
Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 170.30 (2020)
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§ 170.30 Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree.A person is guilty of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree when, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he utters or possesses any forged instrument of a kind specified in section 170.15.
Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree is a class C felony.
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