{"data":{"id":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-2082","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"23 V.S.A. § 2082","heading":"Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificates; penalty","body":"(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:\n(1) alters, forges, counterfeits, or knowingly makes or causes to be made a false official certificate of title;\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 or a form the Commissioner prescribes;\n(3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged, counterfeited, or fraudulently obtained or made; or\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 23: Motor Vehicles","Chapter 021: Title to Motor Vehicles","Subchapter 005: ANTI-THEFT PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/021/02082","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:05Z","sha256":"a859c0dcc231c64731ba1a5b270714f3711c80cf7f6bd1bd6000d041bceed588","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-2081","next":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-2083"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}