N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 426: Punishment for making false statement; stolen vehicles

§ 426. Punishment for making false statement; stolen vehicles. Any

person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact

in any endorsement of a certificate of registration, certificate of

title or other proof of ownership, upon a sale or transfer of a motor

vehicle or trailer, or who, with intent to procure or pass title to a

motor vehicle or trailer which he knows, or has reason to believe, has

been stolen, shall receive or transfer possession of the same from or to

another, or who shall have in his possession any motor vehicle or

trailer which he knows, or has reason to believe, has been stolen, and

who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance

of his duty as such officer shall be guilty of a class E felony.