76-6-518 (Superseded 11/01/10).    Criminal simulation.      (1) A person is guilty of criminal simulation if, with intent to defraud another:
      (a)  he makes or alters an object in whole or in part so that it appears to have valuebecause of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have;
      (b)  he sells, passes, or otherwise utters an object so made or altered;
      (c)  he possesses an object so made or altered with intent to sell, pass, or otherwise utterit; or
      (d)  he authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as differentfrom what it is.
      (2)  Criminal simulation is punishable as follows:
      (a)  If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is less than $300, the offense is aclass B misdemeanor.
      (b)  If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or  exceeds $300 but is less than$1,000, the offense is a class A misdemeanor.
      (c)  If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $1,000 but is lessthan  $5,000, the offense is a felony of the third degree.
      (d)  If the value defrauded or intended to be defrauded is or exceeds $5,000, the offense isa felony of the second degree.
Amended by Chapter 291, 1995 General Session