§ 47-4-109. Altering or forging certificate of title - Punishment.  


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  • Any person who shall alter or forge, or cause to be altered or forged, any certificate of title issued by the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of this act, or any assignment thereof, or who shall hold or use any such certificate or assignment, knowing the same to have been altered or forged, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to pay a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 338, § 4-109, eff. Sept. 1, 1961.  Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 475, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 343, eff. July 1, 1999.

Note

NOTE:  Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 475 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.