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SECTION 165.20

Fraudulently obtaining a signature

Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE J, ARTICLE 165

§ 165.20 Fraudulently obtaining a signature.

A person is guilty of fraudulently obtaining a signature when, with
intent to defraud or injure another or to acquire a substantial benefit
for himself or a third person, he obtains the signature of a person to a
written instrument by means of any misrepresentation of fact which he
knows to be false.

Fraudulently obtaining a signature is a class A misdemeanor.