Vermont § 2082 - Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificates; penalty
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§ 2082. Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificates; penalty
- (a) A person who with fraudulent intent commits any of the following acts shall be subject
to the penalties provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) alters, forges, counterfeits, or knowingly makes or causes to be made a false official
certificate of title; (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; (3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered,
forged, counterfeited, or fraudulently obtained or made; or (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 or alters
information on or forges a signature on an application for a certificate of title
or duplicate certificate of title. (b) A person convicted of violating this section shall be fined not less than $500.00
or more than $5,000.00 or be imprisoned not less than one year or more than five years,
or both. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2001, No. 69, § 7; 2015, No. 47, § 37.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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