Forgery and counterfeiting offenses are defined in Chapter 831 of the Florida Statutes. A person commits forgery when they falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited a document described in Section 831.01 with intent to injure or defraud another. Uttering a forged instrument means that the person passed or offered to pass as true forged document, which they knew to be forged or false, with intent to injure or defraud another.