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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-71 (2026)

Altering or forging certificate of title, registration card or application, a felony; reproducing or possessing blank certificate of title

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(a) Any person who, with fraudulent intent, shall alter any certificate of title, registration card issued by the Division, or any application for a certificate of title or registration card, or forge or counterfeit any certificate of title or registration card purported to have been issued by the Division under the provisions of this Article, or who, with fraudulent intent, shall alter, falsify or forge any assignment thereof, or who shall hold or use any such certificate, registration card, or application, or assignment, knowing the same to have been altered, forged or falsified, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in the discretion of the court.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person with fraudulent intent to reproduce or possess a blank North Carolina certificate of title or facsimile thereof.  Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony. (1937, c. 407, s. 35; 1959, c. 1264, s. 2; 1971, c. 99; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1979, c. 499; 1993, c. 539, s. 1251; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1962–2020 · leading case: Blue v. Hill, No. 5:18-cv-00445, 2020 WL 4677669 (E.D.N.C. Aug. 12, 2020).
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Blue v. Hill, No. 5:18-cv-00445, 2020 WL 4677669 (E.D.N.C. Aug. 12, 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 20-71 .1’s statutory presumption in opposing the defendant’s motion for summary judgment brought under Rule 56.”
Smart Fin. Co. v. Dick, 124 S.E.2d 862 (N.C. 1962). “3, held that Dick “was guilty of violating G.S. 20-71 in altering or forging the Certificate of Title after he received it from Smart Finance Company.”
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