Forgery

If you are juvenile who has been charged with a forgery, you should contact an juvenile defense attorney who can assist you in identifying any defenses you may have and who can represent you in court.

In Utah juvenile court, a forgery is passing a stolen or altered check, however, the legal definition is just a little more complicated than that.

A minor is guilty of forgery if they purposely defraud anyone with the knowledge that they are facilitating a fraud. This includes:

(a) Altering any writing of another without their authority

(b) Making, completing, executing, authenticating, issuing, transferring, publishing, or uttering any writing so that the writing purports to be the act of another person. This is not only applicable to writing purports but includes making, completing, executing, authenticating, issuing, transferring, publishing, or uttering purports to be the act of another.