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NE Code § 28-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-603 - Forgery, second degree; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.

28-603.  Forgery, second degree; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.(1) Whoever, with intent to deceive or harm, falsely makes, completes, endorses, alters, or utters any written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a written instrument which does or may evidence, create, transfer, terminate, or otherwise affect a legal right, interest, obligation, or status, commits forgery in the second degree.(2) Forgery in the second degree is a Class IIA felony when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, is five thousand dollars or more.(3) Forgery in the second degree is a Class IV felony when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, is one thousand five hundred dollars or more but is less than five thousand dollars.(4) Forgery in the second degree is a Class I misdemeanor when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, is five hundred dollars or more but is less than one thousand five hundred dollars.(5) Forgery in the second degree is a Class II misdemeanor when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, is less than five hundred dollars.(6) For the purpose of determining the class of penalty for forgery in the second degree, the face values, or purported face values, or the amounts of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of more than one such instrument, may be aggregated in the indictment or information if such instruments were part of the same scheme or course of conduct which took place within a sixty-day period and within one county. Such values or amounts shall not be aggregated into more than one offense.Source   Laws 1977, LB 38, § 125;  Laws 2003, LB 17, § 7;  Laws 2009, LB155, § 13;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 32.  Annotations  To sustain a conviction for forgery, it is not sufficient for the State to show that a signature is not that of the party whose name is used, but it must also affirmatively be shown that the signing was made without his or her authority. State v. Castor, 262 Neb. 423, 632 N.W.2d 298 (2001). The elements of the crime of uttering a forged instrument are (1) the offering of a forged instrument with the representation by words or acts that it is true or genuine, (2) the knowledge that same is false, forged, or counterfeited, and (3) the intent to defraud. State v. Tate, 222 Neb. 586, 385 N.W.2d 456 (1986).
NE Code § 28-604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-604 - Criminal possession of a forged instrument; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.

28-604.  Criminal possession of a forged instrument; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.(1) Whoever, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to deceive or harm, possesses any forged instrument covered by section 28-602 or 28-603 commits criminal possession of a forged instrument.(2) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-602 is a Class IV felony.(3) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is five thousand dollars or more, is a Class IV felony.(4) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is one thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars, is a Class I misdemeanor.(5) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars, is a Class II misdemeanor.(6) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is less than five hundred dollars, is a Class III misdemeanor.(7) For the purpose of determining the class of penalty for criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amounts or values of more than one such forged instrument may be aggregated in the indictment or information if such forged instruments were part of the same scheme or course of conduct which took place within a sixty-day period and within one county. Such amounts or values shall not be aggregated into more than one offense.Source   Laws 1977, LB 38, § 126;  Laws 2003, LB 17, § 8;  Laws 2009, LB155, § 14;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 33.  Annotations Where the evidence offered no rational basis for convicting defendant of what he claimed to be the "lesser-included" offense of criminal possession of forged instrument, trial court did not err in refusing requested instruction. State v. Ebert, 212 Neb. 629, 324 N.W.2d 812 (1982).
NE Code § 28-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-605 - Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices; penalty.

28-605.  Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices; penalty.(1) A person commits criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices when:(a) He or she makes or possesses with knowledge of its character any plate, die, or other device, apparatus, equipment, or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting, unlawfully simulating, or otherwise forging written instruments; or(b) He or she makes or possesses any device, apparatus, equipment, or article capable of or adaptable to a use specified in subdivision (1)(a) of this section, with intent to use it himself or herself, or to aid or permit another to use it, for purposes of forgery; or(c) Illegally possesses a genuine plate, die, or other device used in the production of written instruments, with intent to deceive or harm.(2) Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices is a Class IV felony.Source   Laws 1977, LB 38, § 127;  Laws 2016, LB1094, § 8.
NE Code § 28-606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-606 - Criminal simulation; penalty.

28-606.  Criminal simulation; penalty.(1) A person commits a criminal simulation when:(a) With intent to deceive or harm, he makes, alters, or represents an object in such fashion that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or authorship, ingredient, or composition which it does not in fact have; or(b) With knowledge of its true character and with intent to use to deceive or harm, he utters, misrepresents, or possesses any object so simulated.(2) Criminal simulation is a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 128.
NE Code § 28-607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-607 - Making, using, or uttering slugs; terms, defined; penalty.

28-607.  Making, using, or uttering slugs; terms, defined; penalty.(1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully using slugs, if he makes, uses, or utters a slug or slugs with intent to deprive a supplier of property or service sold or offered by means of a coin machine or with knowledge that he is facilitating such a deprivation by another person.(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) Slug shall mean an object which by size, shape, or any other quality is capable of being inserted, deposited, or otherwise used in a coin machine as an improper but effective substitute for a genuine coin, bill, or token;(b) Coin machine shall mean a coin box, turnstile, vending machine, or other mechanical or electronic device or receptacle designed to receive a coin or bill of a specified denomination or a token made for the purpose and in return for the insertion or deposit thereof to mechanically offer, provide, assist in providing or permit the acquisition of property or a public or private service; and(c) Value of the slug or slugs shall mean the value of the coins, bills, or tokens for which they are being substituted.(3) The making, using, or uttering of slugs of the value of one hundred dollars or more is a Class I misdemeanor.(4) The making, using, or uttering of slugs of the value of less than one hundred dollars is a Class II misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 129.
NE Code § 28-608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-608 - Transferred to section 28-638.

28-608.  Transferred to section 28-638.
NE Code § 28-609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-609 - Impersonating a public servant; penalty.

28-609.  Impersonating a public servant; penalty.(1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.(2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.(3) Impersonating a public servant is a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 131.
NE Code § 28-610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-610 - Impersonating a peace officer; penalty.

28-610.  Impersonating a peace officer; penalty.(1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a peace officer if he falsely pretends to be a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.(2) Impersonating a peace officer is a Class I misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 132.
NE Code § 28-611.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-611.01 - Issuing a no-account check; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.

28-611.01.  Issuing a no-account check; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.(1) Whoever issues or passes a check, draft, assignment of funds, or similar signed order for the payment of money, knowing that he or she has no account with the drawee at the time the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is issued, commits the offense of issuing a no-account check. Issuing a no-account check is:(a) A Class III felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is five thousand dollars or more;(b) A Class IV felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is one thousand five hundred dollars or more, but less than five thousand dollars;(c) A Class I misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is five hundred dollars or more, but less than one thousand five hundred dollars; and(d) A Class II misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is less than five hundred dollars.(2) The aggregate amount of any series of checks, drafts, assignments, or orders issued or passed within a sixty-day period in one county may be used in determining the classification of the offense pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, except that checks, drafts, assignments, or orders may not be aggregated into more than one offense.(3) For any second or subsequent offense under this section, any person so offending shall be guilty of:(a) A Class III felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is one thousand five hundred dollars or more; and(b) A Class IV felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is less than one thousand five hundred dollars.Source  Laws 2009, LB155, § 16;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 35.
NE Code § 28-612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-612 - False statement or book entry; destruction or secretion of records; penalty.

28-612.  False statement or book entry; destruction or secretion of records; penalty.(1) A person commits a Class IV felony if he or she:(a) Willfully and knowingly subscribes to, makes, or causes to be made any false statement or entry in the books of an organization; or(b) Knowingly subscribes to or exhibits false papers with the intent to deceive any person or persons authorized to examine into the affairs of any such organization; or(c) Makes, states, or publishes any false statement of the amount of the assets or liabilities of any such organization; or(d) Fails to make true and correct entry in the books and records of such organization of its business and transactions in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Banking and Finance; or(e) Mutilates, alters, destroys, secretes, or removes any of the books or records of such organization, without the consent of the Director of Banking and Finance.(2) As used in this section, organization means:(a) Any trust company transacting a business under the Nebraska Trust Company Act;(b) Any association organized for the purpose set forth in section 8-302;(c) Any bank as defined in section 8-101.03; or(d) Any credit union transacting business in this state under the Credit Union Act.Source   Laws 1977, LB 38, § 134;   Laws 1983, LB 440, § 1;   Laws 1984, LB 979, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 384, § 16;   Laws 1996, LB 948, § 122;   Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 77;  Laws 2002, LB 1094, § 13;  Laws 2003, LB 131, § 24;  Laws 2017, LB140, § 150.  Cross References   Credit Union Act, see section 21-1701.  Nebraska Trust Company Act, see section 8-201.01.
NE Code § 28-613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-613 - Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly; penalty.

28-613.  Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly; penalty.(1) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity to which he or she is subject as:(a) Agent or employee; or(b) Trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary; or(c) Lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser, or other professional advisor; or(d) Officer, director, partner, limited liability company member, manager, or other participant in the direction of the affairs of an incorporated or unincorporated association; or(e) Duly elected or appointed representative or trustee of a labor organization or employee of a welfare trust fund; or(f) Arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.(2) A person who holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the business of making disinterested selection, appraisal, or criticism of commodities, property, or services commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit to alter, modify, or change his or her selection, appraisal, or criticism.(3) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit the acceptance of which would be an offense under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.Source   Laws 1977, LB 38, § 135;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 177;   Laws 1994, LB 884, § 54.
NE Code § 28-614 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-614 - Tampering with publicly exhibited contest; penalty; contest, participant, official, defined.

28-614.  Tampering with publicly exhibited contest; penalty; contest, participant, official, defined.(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a publicly exhibited contest if:(a) He confers, or offers or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any benefit upon:(i) A contest participant with intent to influence him not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited contest; or(ii) A contest official with intent to influence him to perform improperly his duties in connection with a publicly exhibited contest;(b) Being a contest participant or contest official, he intentionally solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept, directly or indirectly, any benefit from another person with intent that he will thereby be influenced:(i) In the case of a contest participant, not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited contest; or(ii) In the case of a contest official, to perform improperly his duties in connection with a publicly exhibited contest; or(c) With intent to influence the outcome of a publicly exhibited contest he:(i) Tampers with any contest participant, contest official, animal, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of the contest, in a manner contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern the contest in question; or(ii) Substitutes a contest participant, animal, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of the contest, for the genuine person, animal, or thing.(2) In this section:(a) Publicly exhibited contest shall mean any professional or amateur sport, athletic game or contest, or race or contest involving machines, persons, or animals, viewed by the public, but shall not include an exhibition which does not purport to be and which is not represented as being such a sport, game, contest, or race;(b) Contest participant shall mean any person who participates or expects to participate in a publicly exhibited contest as a player, contestant, or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer, or other person directly associated with a player, contestant, or team; and(c) Contest official shall mean any person who acts or expects to act in a publicly exhibited contest as an umpire, referee, or judge, or otherwise to officiate at a publicly exhibited contest.(3) Tampering with a publicly exhibited contest is a Class II misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 136.
NE Code § 28-615 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-615 - Identification number, obscure, and article, defined.

28-615.  Identification number, obscure, and article, defined.As used in sections 28-615 to 28-617:(1) Identification number shall mean a serial or motor number placed by a manufacturer upon an article as a permanent individual identifying mark;(2) Obscure shall mean to destroy, remove, alter, conceal, or deface so as to render illegible by ordinary means of inspection; and(3) Article shall mean any product made by a manufacturer and includes but is not limited to any appliance, radio, television, motor vehicle, tractor or other farm machinery.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 137.
NE Code § 28-616 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-616 - Altering identification number; penalty.

28-616.  Altering identification number; penalty.(1) A person commits the offense of altering an identification number if, with the intent to deceive or harm, he obscures an identification number or in the course of business he sells, offers for sale, leases or otherwise disposes of an article knowing that an identification number thereon is obscured.(2) Altering an identification number is a Class I misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 138.
NE Code § 28-617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-617 - Receiving an altered article; penalty.

28-617.  Receiving an altered article; penalty.(1) A person commits the offense of receiving an altered article if, with the intent to deceive or harm another, he buys or receives any article knowing that an identification number thereon is obscured, without first ascertaining that the person so selling or delivering the same has a legal right to do so.(2) Receiving an altered article is a Class I misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1977, LB 38, § 139.
NE Code § 28-619 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-619 - Issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device; penalties.

28-619.  Issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device; penalties.(1) A person commits the offense of issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device if, upon filing an application for a financial transaction device with an issuer, such person (a) knowingly makes or causes to be made a statement or report which is false in some material respect and reasonably relied upon relative to his or her name, occupation, financial condition, assets, or liabilities, (b) willfully and materially overvalues any assets, or (c) willfully omits or materially undervalues any indebtedness with the intent of influencing the issuer to issue a financial transaction device.(2) Any person issuing a false financial statement for the purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device, when such device is used in violation of this section to obtain money, property, or services, shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.(3) Any person issuing two or more false financial statements for purposes of obtaining two or more financial transaction devices, when such devices are used in violation of this section to obtain money, property, or services, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source   Laws 1989, LB 372, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 899, § 1.
NE Code § 28-620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments|28-620 - Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device; penalties; prosecution of offense.

28-620.  Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device; penalties; prosecution of offense.(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of a financial transaction device if such person uses such device in an automated banking device, to imprint a sales form, or in any other manner:(a) For the purpose of obtaining money, credit, property, or services or for making financial payment, with intent to defraud;(b) With notice that the financial transaction device is expired, revoked, or canceled;(c) With notice that the financial transaction device is forged, altered, or counterfeited; or(d) When for any reason his or her use of the financial transaction device is unauthorized either by the issuer or by the account holder.(2) For purposes of this section, notice shall mean either notice given in person or notice given in writing to the account holder, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, duly stamped and addressed to such account holder at his or her last address known to the issuer. Such notice shall be evidenced by a returned receipt signed by the account holder which shall be prima facie evidence that the notice was received.(3) Any person committing the offense of unauthorized use of a financial transaction device shall be guilty of:(a) A Class II misdemeanor if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are less than five hundred dollars within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use;(b) A Class I misdemeanor if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use;(c) A Class IV felony if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are one thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use; and(d) A Class IIA felony if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are five thousand dollars or more within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use.(4) Any prosecution under this section may be conducted in any county where the person committed the offense or any one of a series of offenses to be aggregated.(5) Once aggregated and filed, no separate prosecution for an offense arising out of the same series of offenses aggregated and filed shall be allowed in any county.Source   Laws 1989, LB 372, § 4;   Laws 1994, LB 379, § 1;  Laws 2002, LB 276, § 3;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 36.