A person who, with fraudulent intent:(1) Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title;(2) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title or a form the commissioner prescribed;(3) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited;(4) Uses a false or fictitious name or address or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact in an application for a certificate of title;(5) Alters or forges a notice of a transaction concerning a security interest or lien reflected on the certificate of title as provided by Code Section 40-3-27;(6) Knowingly falsifies any information on the statement required by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-3-36; or(7) Willfully violates any other provision of this chapter after having previously violated the same or any other provision of this chapter and having been convicted of that act in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be guilty of a felony.Amended by 2011 Ga. r having previously violated the same or any other provision of this chapter and having been convicted of that act in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be guilty of a felony.Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 89,§ .2, effective only upon the effective date of a specific appropriation of funds for the purposes of Section .2 of 2011 Ga. Laws 89, as expressed in a line item making specific reference to the full funding of such section in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly.
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