OUJI-CR 3-38

FILING A FALSE/FORGED INSTRUMENT - ELEMENTS

No person may be convicted of filing a false/forged instrument unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime. These elements are:

First, knowingly;

Second, procuring/offering;

Third, a false/forged instrument;

Fourth, to be filed/registered/recorded in any public office in Oklahoma.

An instrument is any document which, if genuine, could be filed/ registered/recorded under any law of Oklahoma or the United States.

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Statutory Authority: 21 O.S. 1991, § 463.