Applied in 60 court decisions — leading case State v. Barrett (2000)
Most recently applied in 339 Or. App. 427 - State v. Funrue (April 2025)
1971 c.743 §152
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person commits the crime of forgery in the second degree if, with intent to injure or defraud, the person:
(a) Falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument; or
(b) Utters a written instrument which the person knows to be forged.
(2) Forgery in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.