Section 473

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.