The signature handprint may be forged into an IOU. However, it does not mean that the law will support the legality of this IOU. IOUs or IOUs belong to private lending contracts and need to take effect before they can take effect. In fact, even if others forge IOUs, they will not be supported in the end, and they may also be suspected of fraud and be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Is it illegal to forge IOUs?

Whether forging IOUs constitutes a crime should be treated differently according to specific facts: generally speaking, forging IOUs is not aimed at illegal possession or false litigation, so it is difficult to constitute a crime. For example, a forged iou is because the other party does have a debt relationship with the forger, and the reason for the debt is not the loan, but the labor fee, lease fee or other expenses owed. This situation is difficult to identify as a crime. Of course, forging IOUs may also constitute a crime:

(1) Forged IOUs may constitute fraud. An important constituent element of the crime of fraud is that forging evidence for the purpose of illegal possession and defrauding others' property by means of fictional facts, which is huge. The victim himself has no debt relationship with the actor, and the fictional IOU of the actor can reflect his specific behavior of adopting fictional facts.

(2) Forging IOUs may constitute a crime of false litigation. The possibility of defrauding property through litigation by forging IOUs may constitute false litigation. False litigation refers to the act of bringing a civil lawsuit with fabricated facts to seek illegitimate interests, obstructing the judicial order or seriously infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of others.

legal ground

Article 143 of the General Principles of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) A civil juristic act that meets the following conditions is valid:

(1) The actor has corresponding capacity for civil conduct;

(2) the meaning is true;

(three) does not violate the mandatory provisions of laws and administrative regulations, and does not violate public order and good customs.