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Forgery and Counterfeiting Charges in California

By Walin & Klarich

I am accused of forgery and/or counterfeiting and need a defense attorney Forgery has several definitions under the law. At its most basic, forgery is knowingly and intentionally creating false documents that are held out as genuine. That includes: Signing someone else?s name, or the name of a person who doesn?t existForging someone else?s handwritingAltering or forging documents used as evidence in courtFalsifying, altering or forging a wide variety of legal documents, or trying to pass falsified documents as genuine, or knowingly receiving forged or counterfeited materialsWriting a bad check The list of legal documents that may not be altered or forged is long, but it includes wills, court judgments, checks and other financial documents, deeds or certificates of ownership, medical records, tickets for public or private transit, driver?s licenses and lottery tickets...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on February 10, 2009 (boomark / email).