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Statutes > Georgia > Title-16 > Chapter-9 > Article-1 > 16-9-2O.C.G.A. 16-9-2 (2010)
16-9-2. Forgery in the second degree
(a) A person commits the offense of forgery in the second degree when with the intent to defraud he knowingly makes, alters, or possesses any writing in a fictitious name or in such manner that the writing as made or altered purports to have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of forgery in the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
