W. Va. Code § 17A-9-4: False evidences, forgery, etc., of title and registration.

It is a felony for any person to commit any of the following acts:

(1) To alter with fraudulent intent any certificate of title, registration card, registration plate, or permit issued by the department;

(2) To forge or counterfeit any such document or plate purporting to have been issued by the department;

(3) To alter or falsify with fraudulent intent or forge any assignment upon a certificate of title;

(4) To hold or use any such document or plate knowing the same to have been so altered, forged, or falsified.