2012 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXI - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 262 - ANTITHEFT LAWS, OFFENSES, PENALTIES, HABITUAL OFFENDERS, ARREST OF NONRESIDENTS AND ABANDONED VEHICLES
Section 262:1 - Penalties.


NH Rev Stat § 262:1 (2012) What's This?

    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 material 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.

Source. 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.


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