(A) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, he knowingly:
(1) Makes or alters any document apparently capable of defrauding another in such manner that it purports to have been made by another or at another time, or with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority; or
(2) Issues or delivers such document knowing it to have been thus made or altered; or
(3) Possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any such document knowing it to have been thus made or altered.
(B) An
INTENT TO DEFRAUD means an intention to cause another to assume, create, transfer, alter, or terminate any right, obligation, or power with reference to any person or property.
(C) A document apparently capable of defrauding another includes but is not limited to one by which any right, obligation, or power with reference to any person or property may be created, transferred, altered, or terminated.
(`79 Code, § 130.066) (Ord. 1032, passed 4-7-86) Penalty, see § 10.99
Cross-reference:
Forgery, see ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 17-3