32-4-8 — Certificate forms--Unauthorized possession prohibited--Violation as felony.
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32-4-8.
Certificate forms--Unauthorized possession prohibited--Violation as felony.
No
person may have in possession any blank or partially executed certificate of title and registration,
certificate of registration, certificate of title, or other similarly styled form or document, whether
genuine or counterfeit, of this or any other state or country, which is of a type that, when genuine and
properly issued, evidences ownership of a vehicle under the laws of this or another state or country,
and surrender of which is required in order to sell, transfer, register, or title a motor vehicle or trailer
in this state.
Except, a person may possess such forms or documents if the person is:
(1)
An employee of a manufacturer or printer of the form or document and possesses the form
or document in the normal course of the business of design or manufacture in connection
with bid invitation, bid, or contract with a government agency related to supplying the
forms for governmental use;
(2)
An employee of a shipper or agency under whose direction the forms are being shipped
or delivered to a state or local agency charged with receiving, distributing, or issuing the
forms or documents, when they are in a container sealed under governmental direction;
(3)
An employee of a state agency who possesses the forms or documents in the course of
carrying out the employee's official duties;
(4)
A county treasurer or any employee of the treasurer whose official work duties require the
handling of the forms or documents and the treasurer or employee possesses them within
the confines of the county's official storage space or immediately incidental to placing
them in such places;
(5)
In possession of the form or document and it is prominently and indelibly marked on its
face, either specimen, void, or sample.
A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.
Source: SL 1983, ch 230, § 7; SL 1989, ch 255, § 8; SL 2003, ch 160, § 14.