§ 262:1 — Penalties

I. A person who, with fraudulent intent:
(a) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title or certificate of origin;
(b) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or a certificate of origin, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a certificate of origin or a form the director prescribes;
(c) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title or certificate of origin knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited; or
(d) Uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title or certificate of origin, or in any proof or statement in writing in connection therewith, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
II. A person who:
(a) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title;
(b) Wilfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the department within 20 days after the time required by this title;
(c) Wilfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within 20 days after the time required by this title; or
(d) Wilfully violates any provision of this chapter, except as provided in paragraph I, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

Legislative History

RSA 269-A:31. 1967, 357:1. 1973, 528:155. 1977, 166:1; 196:4. 1981, 146:1. 1987, 263:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. 2014, 278:7, eff. Sept. 26, 2014.