{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-9-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17A-9-4","heading":"False evidences, forgery, etc., of title and registration.","body":"It is a felony for any person to commit any of the following acts:\n(1) To alter with fraudulent intent any certificate of title, registration card, registration plate, or permit issued by the department;\n(2) To forge or counterfeit any such document or plate purporting to have been issued by the department;\n(3) To alter or falsify with fraudulent intent or forge any assignment upon a certificate of title;\n(4) To hold or use any such document or plate knowing the same to have been so altered, forged, or falsified.","path":["CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS.","ARTICLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST REGISTRATION LAWS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-9-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:16Z","sha256":"9cfd6bcf06eeaa09c8c9498e05e7b67fc99e164e9e82173691e9f703c38b0592","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-9-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-9-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}