76-6-518 (Superseded 11/01/10) - Criminal simulation.
76-6-518 (Superseded 11/01/10). Criminal simulation.
(1) A person is guilty of criminal simulation if, with intent to defraud another:
(a) he makes or alters an object in whole or in part so that it appears to have valuebecause of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have;
(b) he sells, passes, or otherwise utters an object so made or altered;
(c) he possesses an object so made or altered with intent to sell, pass, or otherwise utterit; or
(d) he authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as differentfrom what it is.
(2) Criminal simulation is punishable as follows:
(a) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is less than $300, the offense is aclass B misdemeanor.
(b) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $300 but is less than$1,000, the offense is a class A misdemeanor.
(c) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $1,000 but is lessthan $5,000, the offense is a felony of the third degree.
(d) If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $5,000, the offense isa felony of the second degree.
Amended by Chapter 291, 1995 General Session