Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 3829

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
  • Person: includes any natural person, corporation, association, co-partnership, company, firm, or other aggregation of individuals. See
  • Security interest: means an interest in a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle reserved or created by agreement and that secures payment or performance of an obligation. See
  • Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle. See

§ 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.)