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§§ 7427-7431
PENAL CODE.
Forgery and Counterfeiting.

formed or existing under or by virtue of the laws of this state, or of any other state, government or country, who, within this state, willfully reissues, sells or pledges, or causes to be reissued, sold or pledged, any surrendered or canceled certificate, or other evidence of the ownership or transfer of any share or shares of the capital stock of such corporation or association, or of an interest in its property or profits, with intent to defraud, is guilty of forgery in the second degree.

§ 7427. Same. False evidence of debt. Every officer, and every agent of any corporation, municipal or otherwise, of any joint stock association formed or existing under or by virtue of the laws of this state, or of any other state, government or country, who, within this state, willfully signs or procures to be signed with intent to issue, sell or pledge, or to cause to be issued, sold or pledged, or who willfully issues, sells or pledges, or causes to be issued, sold or pledged, any false or fraudulent bond or other evidence of debt against such corporation or association, or any instrument purporting to be a bond or other evidence of debt against such corporation or association, the signing, issuing, selling or pledging of which has not been duly authorized by the board of directors or common council or other managing body or officers of such corporation having authority to issue the same, is guilty of forgery in the second degree.

§ 7428. Same. Counterfeiting coin. Every person who counterfeits any gold or silver coin, whether of the United States or of any foreign government or country, with intent to sell, utter, use or circulate the same as genuine, within this state, is guilty of forgery in the second degree.

§ 7429. Same. Counterfeiting coin for export. Every person who counterfeits any gold or silver coin. whether of the United States or of any foreign country or government, with intent to export the same, or permit them to be exported to injure or defraud any foreign government, or the subjects thereof. is guilty of forgery in the third degree.

§ 7430. Third degree. Forging process of court. Every person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits:

1. Any instrument in writing, being or purporting to be any process issued by any competent court, magistrate or officer, or being or purporting to be, any pleading, proceeding, bond or undertaking filed or entered in any court, or being or purporting to be, any certificate, order or allowance by any competent court or officer, or being or purporting to be, any license or authority authorized by any statute; or.

2. Any instrument or writing, being or purporting to be the act of another, by which any pecuniary demand or obligation is, or purports to be created, increased, discharged or diminished, or by which any rights or property, whatever, are or purport to be transferred, conveyed, discharged, diminished or in any manner affected, the punishment of which is not herein before prescribed, by which false making, altering, forging or counterfeiting, any person may be affected bound or in any way injured in his person or property.

Is guilty of forgery in the third degree.

§ 7431. Same. False entries in public books. Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes any false entry or falsely alters any entry made in any book of accounts kept in the office of the auditor of this state, or in the office of the treasurer of this state or of any county treasurer, by which any demand or obligation, claim,1308