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Can you summarize WYST 6-3-602?
FRAUD > Forgery; penalties
Short Summary
The provided legal document pertains to the offense of forgery in Wyoming. It states that a person is guilty of forgery if they alter any writing of another without authority, make, complete, execute, authenticate, issue, or transfer any writing that purports to be the act of another who did not authorize it, or utter any writing that they know to be forged. Forgery is a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, except in cases where the writing is a permit required by W.S. 11-21-102 through 11-21-104 or a number or check number placed on a car or pit car in or about a mine, in which case forgery is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to six (6) months, a fine of up to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
Whom does it apply to?
Any person who commits forgery
What does it govern?
Forgery
What are exemptions?
Forgery of a permit required by W.S. 11-21-102 through 11-21-104 or forgery of a number or check number placed on a car or pit car in or about a mine
What are the Penalties?
Forgery is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both. Forgery is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the writing is a permit required by W.S. 11-21-102 through 11-21-104 or a number or check number placed on a car or pit car in or about a mine.
Jurisdiction
Wyoming