(a) A person may not use, with intent to defraud, on a public security or an instrument of payment:
- (1) a facsimile signature, or any reproduction of it, of any authorized officer; or
- (2) a facsimile seal, or any reproduction of it, of the State or of any of its political subdivisions.
- (b) A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or both.
Added by Acts 1985, c. 11, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.
Formerly Art. 31, § 16.