H.B. 102

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FALSE VEHICLE TITLE AND
2 REGISTRATION PENALTIES
3 2009 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Paul Ray
6 Senate Sponsor: Daniel R. Liljenquist
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the Motor Vehicle Act by amending provisions relating to the penalty
11 for false evidences of motor vehicle title and registration information.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . provides that it is a third degree felony, rather than a second degree felony, for
15 providing false evidences for certain motor vehicle title or registration information.
16 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 41-1a-1315, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 1
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 41-1a-1315 is amended to read:
26 41-1a-1315. Third degree felony -- False evidences of title and registration.
27 It is a [second] third degree felony for a person with respect to a motor vehicle, trailer,

28 or semitrailer to:
29 (1) fraudulently use a false or fictitious name in an application for registration, a
30 certificate of title, or for a duplicate certificate of title;
31 (2) knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact in an
32 application under this chapter;
33 (3) otherwise commit a fraud in an application under this chapter;
34 (4) alter with fraudulent intent a certificate of title, registration card, license plate, or
35 permit issued by the division;
36 (5) forge or counterfeit a document or license plate purporting to have been issued by
37 the division;
38 (6) alter, falsify, or forge an assignment upon a certificate of title;
39 (7) hold or use a document or license plate under this chapter knowing it has been
40 altered, forged, or falsified; [and] or
41 (8) file an application for a certificate of title providing false lien information, when the
42 person named on the application as lienholder does not hold a valid security interest.




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