Falsely obtaining signature

Every person who, by any false representation, artifice or deceit, procures from another his signature to any instrument, the false making of which would be forgery, and which the party signing would not have executed had he known the facts and effect of the instrument, is guilty of forgery in the second degree, a Class D1 felony offense. R.L.1910, § 2646. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 486, § 446, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.