(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:

1. (1) makes or utters a written instrument in such a manner that it purports to have been made:

   1. (A) by another person;
   2. (B) at another time;
   3. (C) with different provisions; or
   4. (D) by authority of one who did not give authority; or

2. (2) possesses more than one (1) written instrument knowing that the written instruments were made in a manner that they purport to have been made:

   1. (A) by another person;
   2. (B) at another time;
   3. (C) with different provisions; or

   4. (D) by authority of one who did not give authority;

      commits counterfeiting, a Level 6 felony.

(b) A person who, with intent to defraud, makes, utters, or possesses a written instrument in such a manner that it purports to have been made:

1. (1) by another person;
2. (2) at another time;
3. (3) with different provisions; or

4. (4) by authority of one who did not give authority;

   commits forgery, a Level 6 felony.

   As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.50; P.L.45-2005, SEC.2; P.L.106-2006, SEC.3; P.L.158-2013, SEC.469; P.L.197-2015, SEC.21; P.L.174-2021, SEC.44.