Idaho § 18-3605 - Possession of forged notes or bank bills or check or checks

Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-3605 — Possession of forged notes or bank bills or check or checks, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 18-3605. Possession of forged notes or bank bills or check or checks

Every person who has in his possession, or receives from another person, any forged promissory note or bank bill, or bills, or check or checks, for the payment of money or property, with the intention to pass the same, or to permit, cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, with the intention to defraud any person, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, or has or keeps in his possession any blank or unfinished note or bank bill or check made in the form or similitude of any promissory note or bill or check for payment of money or property, made to be issued by any incorporated bank or banking company, with intention to fill up and complete such blank and unfinished note or bill or check, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be filled up and completed in order to utter or pass the same, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, to defraud any person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) nor more than fourteen (14) years.

[I.C., sec. 18-3605, as added by 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 917.]

Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 18-3605 ("Possession of forged notes or bank bills or check or checks") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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