Alaska Statutes 26.05.910 – Forgery
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 26.05.910
- confinement: means the physical restraint of a person. See Alaska Statutes 26.05.990
- Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
A member of the militia who, with intent to defraud, (1) falsely makes or alters a signature to or a part of any writing that would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another person or change the legal right or liability of the person to their prejudice, or (2) utters, offers, issues, or transfers that writing, which the person knows to be falsely made or altered, is guilty of forgery and may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.