If any person forge a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of a clerk of a court, notary public, judge, justice, or any public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or utter or attempt to employ as true such forged record, certificate, return or attestation, knowing the same to be forged, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.
W. Va. Code § 61-4-1
Forgery of public record, certificate, return or attestation of court or officer; penalty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 230 W. Va. 635 - State of West Virginia v. John J. Moffit (2013)
Most recently applied in 230 W. Va. 635 - State of West Virginia v. John J. Moffit (April 2013)
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