Is it considered forgery if someone gives you permission to sign their name to a check?
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MY WIFE DOES IT ALL THE TIME AND IT DOESNT EVEN COME CLOSE TO LOOKING LIKE MY SIGNATURE
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It's probably not a good habit to get into, but it's not technically a crime. One of the elements of forgery is intent. If the intent is to defraud, then a crime is being committed.
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Technicaly yes but who's going to tell?
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No, its not forgery as far as you and the other party is concerned. but, the third party is where the problem lies. Example: income tax refund. you and your wife filed a joint income tax. the income tax check arrives and your wife is in another state, visiting her parents. you call and advise her of the check and she says its ok to sign her name and either cash or deposit the check. hubby does this. no problem between man and wife. the bank and irs(third party), may have a problem with you signing your wifes name, even though she gave you permission. In actuality, giving permission to sign someone else's name on a check, is not forgery as long as both parties are in agreement over this arrangement and there is not a problem with the third party. In the income tax refund example above, this action is probably repeated many times at income tax time, depending on each persons individual situation. I believe the banks and the irs expect this and overlook the signing, unless a problem arises, THEN.... forgery would come into play.
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make sure you trust the person who tells you to sign... A former employer who I thought I could trust told me to sign a check in his name.... His company went south a few months afterward, and he got back in contact with me and threatened to turn me in for check fraud if I didn't pay him $5,000 bucks. I obviously refused to pay him the ransom money (the check I signed his name to was one of my paychecks (only $700). I needed the cash, and he was out of town on payday with a different sales team. Over the phone he told me to go to the office, told me where the checks were located, and even told me to practice his signature from some other forms that he had previously filled out up at the office.) The $5000 he says is for "breaching my contract and check fraud" I was dumb to trust this guy, and I've learned my lesson. Just remember when you sign someone's name on a check: Whether you trust the person at the moment they tell you to sign isn't important - just make sure you trust the person enough to be sure they won't come after you months down the road if they hit their own string of bad luck...
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Not sure. What if you had the permission in writing and had it notarized?
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No,as long you sign your name then his name John doe signing for Henry doe
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