H.B. 215 Enrolled

FORGERY AMENDMENTS
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Neal B. Hendrickson
This act modifies the Criminal Code regarding the offense of possession of a forged writing
or forgery tools with intent to defraud, by removing the provisions for a lesser offense of a
class A misdemeanor in specified circumstances, so that the offense is specified as a third
degree felony in all circumstances.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
76-6-502, as last amended by Chapter 32, Laws of Utah 1974
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-6-502 is amended to read:
76-6-502. Possession of forged writing or device for writing -- Penalty.
Any person who, with intent to defraud, knowingly possesses any writing that is a forgery
as defined in Section 76-6-501 , or who with intent to defraud knowingly possesses any device for
making any [such] writing that is a forgery as defined in Section 76-6-501 , is guilty of a [felony
of the] third degree[, except where the altering, making, completion, execution, issuance, transfer,
publication, or utterance of such writing would constitute a class A misdemeanor, in which event
the possession of the writing or device for making such a writing shall constitute a class A
misdemeanor] felony.