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Would there be legal implications in the US to modifying a real vaccine card with fake info?
The relevant NY law originally said that
"Written instrument" means any instrument or article, including
computer data or a computer program, containing written or
printed matter ...
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Clever Probate Fraud (UK) - How Did He Do It?
Who administers the will of someone who dies intestate, who has no
family?
There is a position known as the "public administrator" paid mostly from fees charged to probate estates in most ...
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Would there be legal implications in the US to modifying a real vaccine card with fake info?
You say "absent additional legal restrictions on modifying such documents," but why are you assuming that absence?
There are indeed additional legal restrictions on modifying such documents. ...
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Mayor forged hotel receipt while drunk
I am assuming you are not the councilor.
Civil matter you have no standing. The councilor does. Maybe the hotel bar does. I can’t think of anyone else who does.
Criminal matter If a crime was ...
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Are forged signatures on company documents illegal?
I was told that when you sign something in the UK, then it is your signature, no matter what name you are using. So if you sign a contract with my name, then it's your signature and you are bound by ...
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Name forged on automobile bill of sale
The first step you could take would be to report the forgery to the police with the name of the person committing it, and the name of the buyer and what you heard from her that she observed him doing ...
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Can a person get in trouble for using an altered photo ID?
Using any altered document is a crime in most jurisdictions, and in the U.S., most states count it as a potentially serious felony punishable by prison time and/or fines.
As for it not "harming" ...
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Can a person get in trouble for using an altered photo ID?
Your passport is not yours, it is owned by the government and altering it, even in a digital copy, is a serious crime. For example, passport fraud in Australia attracts a penalty of 10 years jail or a ...
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What it takes to conceal facts of medical malpractice?
Falsification of evidence, forgery of documents, destruction of evidence (which is called "spoliation"), giving false testimony under oath or otherwise, and all manner of other similar ...
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What do I do if someone forged my name on bill of sale to transfer title?
Given that you voluntarily turned the car over to the buyer, it isn't your car anymore. The correct procedure would be to file a civil case against the buyer for breach of contract, where he would ...
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Close family member got me intro trouble in my home country, unsure how to proceed
The following answer applies in the situation where all countries involved are member states of the European Union:
Can the tax services in countryA confiscate accounts that are opened in countryB ...
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Is forging another's signature prosecutable if forger had permission?
Take the laws of Washington to be typical. RCW 9A.60.010 defines crucial terms:
To "falsely complete" a written instrument means to transform an
incomplete written instrument into a ...
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Is forging a signature a crime in Australia?
The issues here are fraud and false documents (forgery).
While the mere possession of false documents is not necessarily a crime, the use of false documents in order to obtain a financial advantage ...
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What happens if I forge a customer's signature?
Am i going to jail? I'm so scared.
No, probably not.
The details depend on jurisdiction, but normally the only crime you could be accused of would be that of forgery. However, forgery by definition ...
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What is the difference between "tamper," "alter," and "mutilate"
"Tamper" implies action taken with intend to improperly change the meaning. "Alter" simply means "change". "Mutilate" simply means "damage" but in this context implies "Make unreadable". "Obliterates" ...
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What if somebody copies your signature on a contract that says you can't sue them?
What if somebody copies your signature on a contract that says you
can't sue them?
what can the judge do to stop this paradox?
I will assume that by "copying the signature" you mean "without ...
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What is the remedy if a lawyer forges a client's signature on a will?
You can ask a law enforcement officer or district attorney to press charges. Generally, you cannot do so yourself. In practice, this kind of allegation is almost never criminally prosecuted. A ...
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Is selling forgery-producing equipment a crime in the United States?
Possibly: remember that we have 50 different states and their laws plus the federal government. Alabama criminal code §13A-9-9 define the crime of "possession of a forgery device", which is ...
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What are the penalties for attempting to fill a forged prescription in the U.S.?
If the DA decides to press charges (we don't know) and if he is convicted (looks like a solid case), the problems are not just the sentence itself.
There might be a probation period with conditions ...
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Is shredding a document included in forgery?
Is shredding a Document included in Forgery?
You don't give a jurisdiction, so for england-and-wales: NO
s.1 of Forgery and counterfeiting Act 1981 defines forgery as:
A person is guilty of forgery ...
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Is shredding a document included in forgery?
No
The destruction of a document is not forgery - it's routine practice.
However, if the document were destroyed for an unlawful purpose, that might be a different crime - evidence tampering, ...
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Would there be legal implications in the US to modifying a real vaccine card with fake info?
It depends what she intends to do with the forged card.
Note that N.Y. Penal Law § 170.20 creates the offence of criminal possession of a forged instrument if:
... with knowledge that it is forged ...
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Wrong name used on bank account
This is an interesting question and one that does not have a uniform answer.
For example, in Colorado, while there is a court proceeding by which you can change your name, there is also case law ...
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What are the consequences of forging a will, in common law and in civil law?
australia
Up to 10 years in prison
Part 5 of the NSW Crimes Act 1900 deals with forgery and s253 specifically deals with making a false document - it doesn't matter if that false document is a will ...
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Someone forged my signature in the bill of sales
Your main concern is not actually the signature on the bill of sale, its getting your money back. The bit with the signature might be leverage, but you need to focus on the money first. If you ...
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Someone forged my signature in the bill of sales
California law Cal. Pen. 470 penalizes forgery, but also requires there to be an intent to defraud. Since this is a crime, you don't prove anything, you simply report it to the police and they decide ...
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Close family member got me intro trouble in my home country, unsure how to proceed
whether they can confiscate or do something to my property here until I figure all this out
Yes
Assuming that a court in your home country has confirmed the debt (a judgement debt), the debtor can ...
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What are the consequences of forging a will, in common law and in civil law?
In General
Forging a will, or coercing someone to sign a will or any similar document would be a serious crime in pretty much every jurisdiction that I have heard of. The exact penalties and legal ...
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Example of wills being declared forged without the signature being forged?
law-in-fiction
I can't improve on the answer by ohwilleke for actual cases, but this kind of thing has been dealt with a number of times in fiction, where forged or invalid wills are rather more ...
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Example of wills being declared forged without the signature being forged?
This is not forgery in the usual common law country sense of the word (the statute linked has a definition broader than the usual legal meaning of the term, and I don't have an opinion on what is ...
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