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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-21-27: Intent to defraud.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 21. Forgery and Counterfeiting
- Article 1. General Provisions.
Whenever, by any of the provisions of this chapter, an intent to defraud is required to constitute a forgery, it shall be sufficient if such intent appear to defraud the United States, any state or territory, and body-corporate, county, city, town, or village, or any public officer in his official capacity, any copartnership, or any one of such partners, or any real person whatever.
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