Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 9-17-2-15 (2026)
Sale, purchase, or possession of certificate not issued by bureau; Class C misdemeanor
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 15. A person that knowingly sells, offers to sell, buys, possesses, or offers as genuine a certificate of title for a vehicle that is required to be issued by the bureau and has not been issued by the:
(1) bureau under this article; or
(2) appropriate governmental authority of another state;
commits a Class C misdemeanor.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-1-4-47 part; 9-1-4-53(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.217.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Flynn v. Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehs., 716 N.E.2d 988 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999).
Flynn v. Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehs., 716 N.E.2d 988 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). “Finally, Flynn cites Ind.Code § 9-17-2-15 (1998), which provides that it is a criminal offense to knowingly sell, offer to sell, buy, possess, or offer “as genuine a certificate of title .”
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