A lot of times when I hand someone a $20 or $100 bill they'll mark it with some kind of pen that's suppose to tell if it counterfit or not. Is it legal to mark on or deface paper currency. I've also been told the marking pen really doesn't work and all they have to do is look at the built in marks.
2007-12-27 10:58:48 · 4 answers · asked by stephenl1950 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No its not defacing currency, its used to validate it... and it wouldn't fall under the same category.
2007-12-27 11:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by UTLonghorn(Pre-Med) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct that the pens are LESS reliable than simply looking at the bills. They do NOT meet the legal definition of defacing currency.
2007-12-27 12:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is against the law to deface it in such a way as to render it unusable for it's purpose, or to misrepresent it as a different value - for example, altering a $10 bill to look like a $100 bill. Generally, writing on a bill or marking it does not rise to this level. Tearing it in half, and throwing one half away, would theoretically be an offense, since it is no longer fit for it's purpose.
2007-12-27 11:15:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL .. I've noticed this too. It really irritates me. When they hand me the change back. I make it a point to hold it up to the light and pretend to examine it / right there in the light / and in the line. It's insulting to me, for them to think that I would pass them a fake bill. I like to insult them right back LOL.
2007-12-27 11:09:30 · answer #4 · answered by Mildred S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋