FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT >=$100<$750 IAT

Texas Penal Code § 32.21 defines forgery: with intent to defraud or harm another, altering, making, completing, executing, or authenticating a writing so that it purports to be the act of another who did not authorize it, or passing, publishing, or possessing such a writing with intent to utter it. This filing uses the value-based grading in § 32.21(e-1), added in 2017, which applies when the actor engaged in the forgery to obtain or attempt to obtain property or a service. Under § 32.21(e-1)(2), the offense is a Class B misdemeanor when the value of the property or service obtained or sought is $100 or more but less than $750. This value ladder tracks the theft grading scheme and overrides the instrument-based grading in § 32.21(c) through (e) when the forgery was committed to obtain property or a service.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 691 Texas bail settings for this charge (4 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $2,500 (middle half: $1,500 – $5,000). 14% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 8 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (167 records), the median was $2,000 and 11% got a personal bond.

Showing the 4 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.

• FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT § 32.21(d)
• FORGERY GOVT/NATIONAL INST/MONEY/SECURITY § 32.21(e)
• FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT >=$2500<$30K IAT § 32.21(e-1)(4)
• FORGERY TO DEFRAUD OR HARM OF ANOTHER § 32.21(c)
• FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT >=$30K<$150K IAT § 32.21(e-1)(5)
• FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT >=$750<$2500 IAT § 32.21(e-1)(3)
• FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT ENH IAT § 32.21(e-2)