CODE OF VIRGINIA

ALTERING OR FORGING CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, SALVAGE/NONREPAIRABLE CERTIFICATE, OR
REGISTRATION CARD; PENALTY (§ 46.2-605)

Any person who (i) with fraudulent intent alters any certificate of title,
salvage/nonrepairable certificate, or registration card issued by the Department
or by any other state, (ii) with fraudulent intent, makes a false statement on
any application for a certificate of title, salvage/nonrepairable certificate,
or registration card issued by the Department or any other state, (iii) forges
or counterfeits any certificate of title, salvage/nonrepairable certificate, or
registration card purporting to have been issued by the Department under the
provisions of this title or by any other state under a similar law or laws or,
with fraudulent intent, alters or falsifies, or forges any assignment of title,
or salvage/nonrepairable certificate, (iv) holds or uses any certificate,
registration card, or assignment, knowing the same to have been altered, forged,
or falsified, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.It shall be unlawful for any
person to conspire with any other person to violate the provisions of this
section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-12; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-85; 1986, c. 490; 1989, c.
727; 1996, cc. 591, 917.