2005 Vermont Code - § 2083. — Other offenses

§ 2083. Other offenses

A person who:

(1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title;

(2) Willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the commissioner within 10 days after the transfer or creation or satisfaction of a security interest;

(3) Willfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within 10 days after the transfer;

(4) Willfully and without authority signs a name other than his or her own on any title or inaccurately states or alters the chain of ownership or other information required on any title or fails to return a certificate of title that has been fraudulently made or has unauthorized possession of blank certificates of title or manufacturer's certificates of origin;

(5) Willfully violates any provision of this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (6) of this section or section 2082 of this title, shall be fined not more than $2,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both; or

(6) Willfully represents as his or her own or sells a motor vehicle or vessel on which he or she does not hold legal title to or is not authorized to sell or transfer the vehicle or vessel by the titleholder shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both, for each offense. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2001, No. 69, § 8.)