West Virginia Code 6-14-4 – Use with intent to defraud; penalty

Any person who with intent to defraud uses on a public security or an instrument of payment:

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 6-14-4

Authorized officer: means any official of this state or of any of its departments, agencies, boards, commissions or other instrumentalities or of any of its public corporations, political subdivisions, municipal corporations or other governmental units whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted. See West Virginia Code 6-14-1
Facsimile signature: means a reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping or other means of the manual signature of an authorized officer. See West Virginia Code 6-14-1
Instrument of payment: means a check, draft, warrant or order for the payment, delivery or transfer of funds. See West Virginia Code 6-14-1
Public security: means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or other obligation for the payment of money issued by this state or by any of its departments, agencies, boards, commissions or other instrumentalities or by any of its public corporations, political subdivisions, municipal corporations or other governmental units. See West Virginia Code 6-14-1
State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10

(a) A facsimile signature of any authorized officer or any reproduction of such facsimile signature, or

(b) Any facsimile seal of this state or of any of its departments, agencies, boards, commissions or other instrumentalities or of any of its public corporations, political subdivisions, municipal corporations or other governmental units, or any reproduction of such facsimile seal is guilty of a felony and, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years.

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