The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 043 : FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1802)-
§ 1802. Uttering forged or counterfeited instrument
A person who utters and publishes as true a forged, altered, or counterfeited record, deed, instrument, or other writing mentioned in section 1801 of this title, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to injure or defraud a person, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)