Chapter 3 - Certificates of Title, Security Interests, and Liens

Question 1

A person who, with fraudulent intent:

1. Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title;
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 prescribed;
3. Has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited;
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 an application for a certificate of title;
5. Alters or forges a notice of a transaction concerning a security interest or lien reflected on the certificate of title as provided by Code Section 40-3-27;
6. Knowingly falsifies any information on the statement required by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-3-36; or
   Willfully violates any other provision of this chapter after having previously violated the same or any other provision of this chapter and having been convicted of that act in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be guilty of a felony.

Answer 1

§ 40-3-90. Certain Acts Declared Felonies

Question 2

A person who knowingly makes a false report to a peace officer or the commissioner of the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

Answer 2

§ 40-3-92. False Report of Theft or Conversion