This "Altering" type of forgery is a 3rd Degree Felony in Utah. The second type of forgery is where the forger complete creates a false document from nothing.Under state law, forgery is when someone pretends to be another person using the written word. There are two basic felony forgery charges in Utah. Forgery is a type of fraud, which means that the level of punishment depends on what was stolen and how much it cost. Section 76-6-501.5 - Producing or transferring false identification (1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-6-501 apply to this section. Filling out an empty document with false information is blank document forgery.