Fla. Stat. 831.04
Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing

(1)

Any person making any erasure, alteration, interlineation or interpolation in any writing or instrument mentioned in s. 92.28, and made admissible in evidence, with the fraudulent intent to change the same in any substantial manner after the same has once been made, shall be guilty of the crime of forgery, which, for the purposes of this section, constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2)

Any person who may be in the business of making writings or written entries, maps or plats concerning or relating to lands or real estate, in any county in this state to which said sections apply, and of furnishing to persons applying therefor abstracts or copies of such writing or written entries, maps or plats as aforesaid, for a fee, reward or compensation therefor, and shall make the same with an alteration or interpolation in any matter of substance, with fraudulent intent to alter or change the same in any material manner or matter of substance, shall be guilty of the crime of forgery, and shall be punished as provided in subsection (1).

Source: Section 831.04 — Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0831.­04 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

831.01
Forgery 831.02
Uttering forged instruments 831.03
Forging or counterfeiting private labels 831.04
Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing 831.06
Fictitious signature of officer of corporation 831.07
Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes 831.08
Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts 831.09
Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notes 831.10
Second conviction of uttering forged bills 831.11
Bringing into the state forged bank bills, checks, drafts, or notes 831.12
Fraudulently connecting parts of genuine instrument 831.13
Having in possession uncurrent bills 831.14
Uttering uncurrent bills 831.15
Counterfeiting coin 831.16
Having fewer than 10 counterfeit coins in possession with intent to utter 831.17
Violation of s 831.18
Making or possessing instruments for forging bills 831.19
Making or having instruments for counterfeiting coin 831.20
Counterfeit bills and counterfeiters’ tools to be seized 831.21
Forging or counterfeiting doctor’s certificate of examination 831.22
Damaging bank bills 831.23
Impeding circulation 831.24
Issuing shop bills similar to bank notes 831.025
Evidence in prosecution for forgery or counterfeiting 831.25
Bringing private bills similar to bank bills into the state 831.26
Circulating any substitute for regular currency 831.27
Issuing notes 831.28
Counterfeiting a payment instrument 831.29
Making or having instruments and material for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards 831.30
Medicinal drugs 831.031
Evidence 831.31
Counterfeit controlled substance 831.032
Offenses involving forging or counterfeiting private labels 831.033
Forging or counterfeiting private labels 831.034
Prosecutions 831.311
Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances

Current through Fall 2025

§ 831.04. Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing's source at flsenate​.gov