Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificates (a) No person shall with fraudulent intent:(1) alter, forge, or counterfeit a certificate of title;(2) alter or forge 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 prescribes; (3) possess or use a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or (4) use a false or fictitious name or address, or make a material false statement, or fail to disclose a security interest, or conceal any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title or a duplicate certificate of title. (b) A person convicted under this section shall be fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00 or be imprisoned for not less than one year or for more than five years, or both. (Added 1987, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
Vermont Legal Code