Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact, either in his application for the certificate of title herein provided for, or in any assignment thereof, or who, with intent to procure or pass title to a motor vehicle which he knows, or has reason to believe, has been stolen, shall receive or transfer possession of the same from or to another, or who shall have in his possession any motor vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such officer, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. This provision shall not be exclusive of any other penalties prescribed by an existing or future law for the larceny or unauthorized taking of a motor vehicle.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 338, § 4-108, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 474, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 342, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 474 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.