2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 10 - UNIFORM VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT
Article 46 - (2101 - 2135) UNIFORM VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT
2130 - Offenses relating to certificates.

 
    § 2130. Offenses relating to certificates. (a) Felonies. A person who,
  with fraudulent intent:
    (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title is guilty of
  a felony;
    (2)  Alters  or  forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an
  assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of  title
  or a form the commissioner prescribes is guilty of a felony;
    (3)  Has  possession  of  or uses a certificate of title knowing it to
  have been altered, forged or counterfeited is guilty of a felony;
    (4) 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  in  any  copy  of  an  assignment and warranty of title retained and
  produced for the  purpose  of  negating  any  presumption  contained  in
  subdivision seven of section twelve hundred twenty-four of this chapter,
  is guilty of a felony; or
    (5)   Produces,   makes,   manufactures,  or  reproduces  any  vehicle
  certificate of origin or any certificate of title or any  license  plate
  or  tag  of  any  other  state, district or territory, or of any foreign
  country; or possesses any device for producing,  making,  manufacturing,
  or reproducing the same is guilty of a felony.
    (b) Misdemeanors. A person who, with fraudulent intent:
    (1)  Permits  another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession
  of a certificate of title is guilty of a misdemeanor;
    (2) Fails to mail or deliver a certificate  of  title  or  application
  therefor  to  the  department within ten days after the time required by
  this article is guilty of a misdemeanor; or
    (3) Fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of  title  within
  ten  days  after  the  time  required  by  this  article  is guilty of a
  misdemeanor.
    (c) Traffic infractions. A person who wilfully violates any  provision
  of this article except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) is guilty
  of a traffic infraction.