Felony offenses
Sec. 27. A person who does any of the following commits a Class
D felony:
(1) Alters or forges a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or
importer's certificate to a watercraft, an assignment of either, or
a cancellation of a lien on a watercraft.
(2) Holds or uses a certificate, assignment, or cancellation,
knowing the document is altered or forged.
(3) Procures or attempts to procure a certificate of title to a
watercraft or passes or attempts to pass a certificate of title or
an assignment of title to a watercraft knowing or having reason
to believe that the watercraft is stolen.
(4) Sells or offers for sale in Indiana a watercraft on which the
manufacturer's or assigned hull identification number is
destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced, with
knowledge of the destruction, removal, covering, alteration, or
defacement of the manufacturer's or assigned hull identification
number.
(5) Destroys, removes, alters, or defaces the manufacturer's or
assigned hull identification number of a watercraft.
(6) Uses a false or fictitious name, gives a false or fictitious
address, or makes a false statement in an application or
certificate required under this chapter or in a bill of sale or
sworn statement of ownership, or otherwise commits fraud in
an application.
(7) Sells or transfers a watercraft without delivering to the
purchaser or transferee of the watercraft a certificate of title or
a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to the watercraft
assigned to the purchaser as provided for in this chapter.
As added by P.L.71-1991, SEC.11.
Last modified: May 27, 2006