2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 14 - Crimes
Chapter 39 - Forgery and Counterfeiting
§ 791. Forgery

  • Whoever, with intent to defraud another—
    • (1) falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any charter, articles or certificate of incorporation, letters patent, deed, lease, indenture, obligation, will, testament, codicil, annuity, bond, covenant, bankbill or note, post-note, check, draft, bill of exchange, contract, promissory note, due bill for the payment of money or property, receipt for money or property, passage ticket, power of attorney; or any certificate of any share, right or interest in the stock of any corporation or association; or any warrant for the payment of money from the treasury, warrant or request for the payment of money or the delivery of goods or chattels of any kind, or for the delivery of any instrument of writing, acquittance, release or receipt for money or goods; or any acquittance, release or discharge for any debt, account, suit, action, demand, or other thing, real or personal; or any transfer or assurance of money, certificates of shares of stock, goods, chattels, or other property whatever; or any letter of attorney or other power to receive money, or to receive or transfer certificates of shares of stock or annuities, or to let, lease, dispose of, alien, or convey any goods, chattels, lands or tenements, or other estate, real or personal; or any acceptance or indorsement of any bill of exchange, promissory note, draft, order or assignment, of any bonds, obligation, or promissory note for money or other property; or the seal or handwriting of another;

    • (2) utters, publishes, passes, or attempts to pass, as true and genuine, any of the false, altered, forged or counterfeited matters, as above specified and described, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeited;

    • (3) alters, corrupts, or falsifies any record of any will, codicil, conveyance, or other instrument, the record of which is by law evidence; or any record of any judgment of a court or the return of any officer to any process of any court;

    • (4) makes, forges, or alters any entry in any books or records; or any instrument purporting to be any record or return specified in the subdivisions (1)–(3) of this section;

    • (5) forges or counterfeits the Government seal, the seal of any public officer authorized by law, the seal of any court of record, or the seal of any corporation; or any other public seal authorized or recognized by law, or the seal of any State, government, or country; or any impression purporting to be an impression of any such seal; or

    • (6) has in his possession any such counterfeit seal, or impression thereof, knowing it to be counterfeit, and willfully conceals the same—

      shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
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