{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-28.10.491","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 28.10.491","heading":"Felonies relating to title, registration, identification number, and removal and representation of vehicles.","body":"(a) Upon conviction, a person is guilty of a felony who\n(1) alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title or registration, or a registration plate, decal, tab, or sticker of this or another jurisdiction;\n(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 of this or another jurisdiction or on a form the department prescribes;\n(3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title or registration, registration plate, decal, tab, or sticker of this or another jurisdiction knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited;\n(4) wilfully removes or falsifies a vehicle identification number;\n(5) wilfully conceals or misrepresents the identity of a vehicle or vehicle equipment;\n(6) buys, receives, possesses, sells, or disposes of a vehicle or vehicle equipment, knowing that a vehicle identification number or equipment has been unlawfully removed or falsified;\n(7) removes from the state a vehicle that is the subject of a security interest created under AS 28.01 — 28.35 or under AS 45.01 — 45.08, AS 45.12, AS 45.14, and AS 45.29 without the written consent of the secured party, and with intent to defraud the secured party or the state;\n(8) represents a motor vehicle or house trailer to be a new vehicle and who sells or procures the sale of that motor vehicle as a new vehicle without presenting a “manufacturer's statement of origin”; or\n(9) makes a false statement or otherwise conceals or withholds a material fact in an application for registration or certificate of title or falsely affirms with respect to a matter required to be sworn to, affirmed, or furnished under this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter; except that a person who with criminal negligence as defined in AS 11.81.900, falsely certifies to the department the existence of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy under AS 28.10.021(a)(2), is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.\n(b) A person convicted of an offense under this section is punishable by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by both.","path":["Title 28. Motor Vehicles.","Chapter 10. Vehicle Registration, Liens, and Title.","Article 7. Registration and Title Violations."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#28.10.491","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:11Z","sha256":"3f541abca3497fed8f9b1ff4aa0ba17cb594b42f7c5362e14850648d5b2fb918","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-28.10.490","next":"us-ak/as-28.10.493"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}