N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2130 – Offenses relating to certificates
§ 2130. Offenses relating to certificates. (a) Felonies. A person who, with fraudulent intent:
Terms Used In N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2130
- Commissioner: includes the office and a branch office of the commissioner and, when authorized to receive a document or fee as agent of the commissioner, the clerk of a county. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- mail: means to deposit in the United States mail properly addressed and with postage prepaid. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Person: means a natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Security interest: means an interest in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Vehicle: means a vehicle as defined in section one hundred fifty-nine of this chapter except that it shall not include a device for which a registration is denied pursuant to section four hundred-a of this chapter and, except with respect to section twenty-one hundred two of this article, shall also mean a vessel as defined in section twenty-two hundred fifty of this chapter. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
(1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title is guilty of a felony;
(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 prescribes is guilty of a felony;
(3) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited is guilty of a felony;
(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, or in any copy of an assignment and warranty of title retained and produced for the purpose of negating any presumption contained in subdivision seven of section twelve hundred twenty-four of this chapter, is guilty of a felony; or
(5) Produces, makes, manufactures, or reproduces any vehicle certificate of origin or any certificate of title or any license plate or tag of any other state, district or territory, or of any foreign country; or possesses any device for producing, making, manufacturing, or reproducing the same is guilty of a felony.
(b) Misdemeanors. A person who, with fraudulent intent:
(1) Permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title is guilty of a misdemeanor;
(2) Fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the department within ten days after the time required by this article is guilty of a misdemeanor; or
(3) Fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within ten days after the time required by this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) Traffic infractions. A person who wilfully violates any provision of this article except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) is guilty of a traffic infraction.