Sec. 53a-138. Forgery in the first degree: Class C felony.
Sec. 53a-138. Forgery in the first degree: Class C felony. (a) A person is guilty
of forgery in the first degree when, with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he
falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument or issues or possesses any written
instrument which he knows to be forged, which is or purports to be, or which is calculated
to become or represent if completed: (1) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities
or other valuable instruments issued by a government or governmental instrumentality;
or (2) part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments representing interests in or
claims against a corporate or other organization or its property.
(b) Forgery in the first degree is a class C felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 140; P.A. 76-292, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 76-292 made first degree forgery a Class C, rather than a Class D, felony.
Cited. 11 CA 161. Cited. 37 CA 72.
Cited. 34 CS 606. Forgery statute, Sec. 53a-138 et seq. cited. 47 CA 1.