2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
CHAPTER 21 - OFFENSES INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE TITLES
SECTION 16-21-10. Altering, forging or counterfeiting certificate of title, registration card or license plate; misrepresentation or concealment in application.
(A) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) alter, forge, or counterfeit a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate;
(2) alter or forge an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title or on a form the department prescribes;
(3) possess or use a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate, knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or
(4) use a false or fictitious name or address, make a material false statement, fail to disclose a security interest, or conceal any other material fact in an application for a certificate of title or for registration.
(B) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.81; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 38.
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