Vermont § 203 - Counterfeiting, fraud, and misuse; penalty

§ 203. Counterfeiting, fraud, and misuse; penalty

• (a) A person shall not: (1) counterfeit or cause to be counterfeited or have in his or her possession any counterfeit
  number plate, validating sticker, marker, inspection sticker, registration certificate,
  in-transit registration permit, learner’s permit, nondriver identification card, insurance
  identification card, or operator’s license or alter or have in his or her possession
  any altered number plate or marker; (2) display or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in the person’s possession, any
  fictitious or fraudulently altered operator’s license, learner’s permit, nondriver
  identification card, inspection sticker, registration certificate, or in-transit registration
  permit, or display for any fraudulent purpose an expired or counterfeit insurance
  identification card or similar document; (3) lend his or her operator’s license to any other person or knowingly permit the use
  thereof by another; (4) display or represent as his or her own any operator’s license, permit, or nondriver
  identification card not issued to him or her; (5) permit any unlawful use of an operator’s license, permit, or nondriver identification
  card issued to him or her by the Commissioner; (6) obtain or attempt to obtain a registration plate, validation sticker, registration
  certificate, in-transit registration permit, operator’s license, learner’s permit,
  nondriver identification card, or duplicate copy of any of such documents by the use
  of fraudulently obtained, fictitious, or altered identity documents or by the use
  of identity documents not his or her own; (7) obtain or attempt to obtain a registration plate, validation sticker, registration
  certificate, in-transit registration permit, certificate of title, operator’s license,
  learner’s permit, nondriver identification card, duplicate copy of any of these documents,
  or obtain or attempt to obtain any other permit, license, or special privilege from
  the Department of Motor Vehicles through the submission of an application containing
  false or fictitious information; (8) lend his or her identity documents to aid an applicant in his or her attempt to fraudulently
  obtain or actually obtain a registration plate, validation sticker, registration certificate,
  in-transit registration permit, operator’s license, learner’s permit, nondriver identification
  card, or duplicate copy of such documents; or (9) display on his or her vehicle an inspection sticker not issued to him or her for the
  vehicle. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, a violation of subsection
  (a) of this section shall be a traffic violation for which there shall be a penalty
  of not more than $1,000.00. If a person is found to have committed the violation,
  the person’s privilege to operate motor vehicles shall be suspended for 60 days. (2)(A) If a person may be charged with a violation of subdivision (a)(2) of this section
  or with a violation of 7 V.S.A. § 656, the person shall be charged with a violation of 7 V.S.A. § 656 and not with a violation of this section. (B) If a person may be charged with a violation of subdivision (a)(2) of this section
  or with a violation of 7 V.S.A. § 1005, the person shall be charged with a violation of 7 V.S.A. § 1005 and not with a violation of this section. (Amended 1967, No. 129, § 1; 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 19, § 4; 2011, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2019, No. 60, § 14; 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2019, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Oct. 7, 2020; 2021, No. 20, § 230; 2023, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. June 6, 2024.)