§ 335:55 — Negotiation of Receipt for Mortgaged Goods

Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person, for each offense.

Legislative History

1941, 97:55. RL 206:55. RSA 335:55. 1973, 528:231, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.