(1) Any person making any erasure, alteration, interlineation or interpolation in any writing or instrument mentioned in s. 92.28, and made admissible in evidence, with the fraudulent intent to change the same in any substantial manner after the same has once been made, shall be guilty of the crime of forgery, which, for the purposes of this section, constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) Any person who may be in the business of making writings or written entries, maps or plats concerning or relating to lands or real estate, in any county in this state to which said sections apply, and of furnishing to persons applying therefor abstracts or copies of such writing or written entries, maps or plats as aforesaid, for a fee, reward or compensation therefor, and shall make the same with an alteration or interpolation in any matter of substance, with fraudulent intent to alter or change the same in any material manner or matter of substance, shall be guilty of the crime of forgery, and shall be punished as provided in subsection (1).
History.—s. 6, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 3362; RGS 5210; CGL 7328; s. 962, ch. 71-136.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 831 - Forgery and Counterfeiting
831.02 - Uttering Forged Instruments.
831.025 - Evidence in Prosecution for Forgery or Counterfeiting.
831.03 - Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels; Definitions.
831.032 - Offenses Involving Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels.
831.033 - Forging or Counterfeiting Private Labels; Destruction; Forfeiture.
831.04 - Penalty for Changing or Forging Certain Instruments of Writing.
831.06 - Fictitious Signature of Officer of Corporation.
831.07 - Forging Bank Bills, Checks, Drafts, or Promissory Notes.
831.08 - Possessing Certain Forged Notes, Bills, Checks, or Drafts.
831.09 - Uttering Forged Bills, Checks, Drafts, or Notes.
831.10 - Second Conviction of Uttering Forged Bills.
831.11 - Bringing Into the State Forged Bank Bills, Checks, Drafts, or Notes.
831.12 - Fraudulently Connecting Parts of Genuine Instrument.
831.13 - Having in Possession Uncurrent Bills.
831.14 - Uttering Uncurrent Bills.
831.15 - Counterfeiting Coin; Having 10 or More Such Coins in Possession With Intent to Utter.
831.16 - Having Fewer Than 10 Counterfeit Coins in Possession With Intent to Utter.
831.17 - Violation of S. 831.16; Second or Subsequent Conviction.
831.18 - Making or Possessing Instruments for Forging Bills.
831.19 - Making or Having Instruments for Counterfeiting Coin.
831.20 - Counterfeit Bills and Counterfeiters’ Tools to Be Seized.
831.21 - Forging or Counterfeiting Doctor’s Certificate of Examination.
831.23 - Impeding Circulation.
831.24 - Issuing Shop Bills Similar to Bank Notes.
831.25 - Bringing Private Bills Similar to Bank Bills Into the State.
831.26 - Circulating Any Substitute for Regular Currency.