Section 476 Of Chapter 4. Forgery And Counterfeiting From California Penal Code >> Title 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4.
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. Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with
intent to defraud any other person, or who, with the like intent,
attempts to pass, utter, or publish, or who has in his or her
possession, with like intent to utter, pass, or publish, any
fictitious or altered bill, note, or check, purporting to be the
bill, note, or check, or other instrument in writing for the payment
of money or property of any real or fictitious financial institution
as defined in Section 186.9 is guilty of forgery.