{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-565","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-565","heading":"Double damages for forgery.","body":"Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any document, or knowingly utters, as true, any document falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, shall pay double damages to any party injured thereby.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 925*. STATUTORY RIGHTS OF ACTION AND DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_925.htm#sec_52-565","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:18Z","sha256":"65d2e3817b76ff8750f1f1e6c5cb502a7ab342ec1b2f1f8cdc5bed9813ae1f9d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-564a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-565a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}