Idaho § 18-3609 - Possession of counterfeit coin
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-3609 — Possession of counterfeit coin, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-3609. Possession of counterfeit coin
Every person who has in his possession, or receives for any other person, any counterfeit gold or silver coin of the species current in this state, or any counterfeit gold dust, gold or silver bullion or bars, lumps, pieces, or nuggets, with the intention to sell, utter, put off, or pass the same, or permits, causes, or procures the same to be sold, uttered, or passed, with intention to defraud any person, knowing the same to be counterfeit, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one (1) nor more than fourteen (14) years.
[18-3609, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 918.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18-3609 ("Possession of counterfeit coin") 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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