Section 473: Making documents without authority

Any person who, with intent to defraud‐
(1) without lawful authority or excuse, makes, signs, or executes, for or in the name or
on account of another person, whether by procuration or otherwise, any document or
writing; or
(2) knowingly utters any document or writing so made, signed, or executed, by
another person, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.