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Senate Committee of the Whole backs bill to criminalize use of fabricated documents to possess residential property
Summary
Senate File 11 would create a criminal offense for creating or using fabricated documents to gain or remain in possession of residential property; sponsors say it fills a gap the forgery statute does not cover and is aimed at addressing squatting and fraudulent lease schemes.
The Committee of the Whole reported favorably on Senate File 11, which would make it a criminal offense to create or use fabricated documents to wrongly obtain or remain in possession of residential property. Sponsors said the bill clarifies a gap in forgery law and is intended to aid prosecutors and law enforcement in cases involving alleged squatters and fraudulent leasing schemes.
Senator Cole,…
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