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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
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F.S. 831.08
831.08 Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts.Whoever has in his or her possession 10 or more similar false, altered, forged, or counterfeit notes, bills of credit, bank bills, checks, drafts, or notes, such as are mentioned in any of the preceding sections of this chapter, payable to the bearer thereof or to the order of any person, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to utter and pass the same as true, and thereby to injure or defraud any person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 5, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2486; GS 3367; RGS 5215; CGL 7333; s. 965, ch. 71-136; s. 1291, ch. 97-102; s. 9, ch. 2001-115.

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Amendments to 831.08


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 831.08
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S831.08 - POSSESS FORGED - 10 OR MORE CERTAIN BILLS NOTES - F: T
S831.08 - POSSESS COUNTERFEITED - 10 OR MORE CERTAIN BILLS NOTES - F: T
S831.08 - POSSESS COUNTERFEITED - ERROR - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

UNITED STATES v. MEDINA- TORRES,, 703 F.3d 770 (5th Cir. 2012)

. . . was driving contained illegal drugs and counterfeit currency in violation of Florida Statutes section 831.08 . . . This Court has not yet addressed whether a conviction under Florida Statutes § 831.08 qualifies as an . . .

GREEN, v. STATE, 18 So. 3d 656 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . violation of section 893.13(6)(b); and possession of ten or more counterfeit bills in violation of section 831.08 . . .

WATTS, v. STATE, 440 So. 2d 505 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . severity of the offense, conceived as one, according to the number of articles unlawfully possessed, §§ 831.08 . . .

STATE v. LA POINTE, A., 345 So. 2d 362 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . to utter them as true, and thereby to injure and defraud the NFL and others, in violation of Section 831.08 . . . Statutes, nor is it ‘a note’ or other writing payable to the bearer thereof as required by Section 831.08 . . .