§ 3829. 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.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 36 - Titling of Vessels, Snowmobiles, and All-Terrain Vehicles
§ 3803. Power and duties of Commissioner
§ 3807. Exempted vessels, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles
§ 3808. Application for certificate
§ 3809. Commissioner to check identification number
§ 3810. Issuance of certificate; records
§ 3811. Information on certificate
§ 3813. Withholding of certificate; bond required
§ 3814. Refusal of certificate
§ 3816. Transfer of interest in vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle
§ 3819. Fee to accompany applications
§ 3820. Issuance of new certificate
§ 3821. Suspension or revocation of certificate
§ 3822. Certain liens and security interests not affected
§ 3823. Perfecting security interest
§ 3824. Duties on creation of security interest
§ 3825. Assignment of security interest
§ 3826. Release of security interest
§ 3827. Lienholder to furnish information
§ 3828. Method of perfecting security interest exclusive
§ 3829. Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificates
§ 3831. Report of theft; recovery of unclaimed vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle
§ 3833. Dismantling or destruction of vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles
§ 3834. Issuance of salvage title
§ 3835. Salvaged, totaled, and rebuilt vessels, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles