Massachusetts · Massachusetts General Laws — Part IV, Title I, Crimes and Punishments
Mass. Gen. Laws (Crimes) § 266:31: Signature; obtaining under false pretenses
What this law says, in plain English
A person who obtains another's signature on a document through fraud, when forging that document would be a crime, faces up to ten years in state prison or a fine and up to two years in jail.
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