New York Laws
Article 17 - Other Provisions Relating to Registration and Possession
426 - Punishment for Making False Statement; Stolen Vehicles.

§ 426. Punishment for making false statement; stolen vehicles. Any
person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact
in any endorsement of a certificate of registration, certificate of
title or other proof of ownership, upon a sale or transfer of a motor
vehicle or trailer, or who, with intent to procure or pass title to a
motor vehicle or trailer which he knows, or has reason to believe, has
been stolen, shall receive or transfer possession of the same from or to
another, or who shall have in his possession any motor vehicle or
trailer which he knows, or has reason to believe, has been stolen, and
who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance
of his duty as such officer shall be guilty of a class E felony.

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