39-05-11. Altering or forging certificate of title - Penalty.

Any person who shall:

1. Alter with fraudulent intent any certificate of title issued by the department;

2. Forge or counterfeit any certificate of title purporting to have been issued by the department under the provisions of this chapter;

3. Alter or falsify with fraudulent intent or forge any assignment of a certificate of title; or

4. Use any certificate or assignment, knowing the same to have been altered, forged, or falsified;

is guilty of a class C felony.