(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false or incorrect information or without legal authority signs the name of another person on:
- (1) an application for a title;
- (2) an application for a certified copy of an original title;
- (3) an assignment of title for a motor vehicle;
- (4) a discharge of a lien on a title for a motor vehicle; or
- (5) any other document required by the department or necessary to the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle.
- (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 66, eff. January 1, 2012.