Utah Code 41-1a-1315. Third degree felony — False evidences of title and registration
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It is a third degree felony for a person with respect to a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to:
(1) fraudulently use a false or fictitious name in an application for registration, a certificate of title, or for a duplicate certificate of title;
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-1315
- Certificate of title: means a document issued by a jurisdiction to establish a record of ownership between an identified owner and the described vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Division: means the Motor Vehicle Division of the commission, created in Section
41-1a-106 . See Utah Code 41-1a-102 - Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Lienholder: means a person with a security interest in particular property. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Registration: means a document issued by a jurisdiction that allows operation of a vehicle or vessel on the highways or waters of this state for the time period for which the registration is valid and that is evidence of compliance with the registration requirements of the jurisdiction. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Security interest: means an interest that is reserved or created by a security agreement to secure the payment or performance of an obligation and that is valid against third parties. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Semitrailer: means a vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that some part of its weight and its load rests or is carried by another vehicle. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Title: means the right to or ownership of a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Trailer: means a vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
- Vehicle: includes a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, off-highway vehicle, camper, park model recreational vehicle, manufactured home, and mobile home. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
(2) knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact in an application under this chapter;(3) otherwise commit a fraud in an application under this chapter;(4) alter with fraudulent intent a certificate of title, registration card, license plate, or permit issued by the division;(5) forge or counterfeit a document or license plate purporting to have been issued by the division;(6) alter, falsify, or forge an assignment upon a certificate of title;(7) hold or use a document or license plate under this chapter knowing it has been altered, forged, or falsified; or(8) file an application for a certificate of title providing false lien information, when the person named on the application as lienholder does not hold a valid security interest.