§ 201 § 201. Applications to be under oath
All applications, all proofs which the commissioner may require, and all requests for personal information shall be under oath or the applications and proofs shall contain and be verified by written declarations that they are made subject to the penalties prescribed in section 202 of this title. Each question and answer and each statement made in any application, or in any proof required, shall be deemed material. When an applicant is a corporation or partnership, the individual signing the application shall be considered the person making oath thereto or the person subject to the penalties of section 202. (Amended 1969, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1997, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 26, 1997; 2001, No. 69, § 1; 2007, No. 19, § 3.)
§ 202 § 202. Impersonating another in an application, or aiding an applicant by false representation
A person who falsely impersonates another in an application for operator's license or learner's permit, or in an application for a nondriver identification card, or in an application for motor vehicle registration, all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile or motorboat registration, or vessel validation, or who obtains a license to operate a motor vehicle by false representation, or who obtains a learner's permit or nondriver identification card by false representation, or who obtains a motor vehicle registration or a registration for any other type of vehicle or vessel by false representation, or who uses an assumed name or name not his or her own in an application for operator's license, or learner's permit or in an application for a nondriver identification card, or in an application for motor vehicle registration, or registration for any other type vehicle or vessel, or who knowingly aids an applicant in obtaining such license, permit, registration or nondriver identification card by fals
e representation as to the age or identity of such applicant, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both and shall have his or her privilege to operate suspended for 90 days. (Amended 1987, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
§ 203 § 203. Counterfeiting, fraud, and misuse; penalty
(a) A person shall not:
(1) Counterfeit or cause to be counterfeited or have in his or her possession any counterfeit number plate, validating sticker, marker, inspection sticker, registration certificate, learner's permit, nondriver identification card, insurance identification card, or operator license, or alter or have in his or her possession any altered number plate or marker; or
(2) Display or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his or her possession, any fictitious or fraudulently altered operator license, learner's permit, nondriver identification card, inspection sticker, or registration certificate, or display for any fraudulent purpose an expired or counterfeit insurance identification card or similar document; or
(3) Lend his or her operator license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another; or
(4) Display or represent as his or her own any operator license, permit, inspection sticker, or nondriver identification card not issued to him or her, or, in the case of inspection stickers, not issued to him or her for the vehicle on which the sticker is displayed; or
(5) Permit any unlawful use of an operator license, permit, or nondriver identification card issued to him or her by the commissioner; or
(6) Obtain or attempt to obtain a registration plate, validation sticker, registration certificate, operator's license, learner's permit, nondriver identification card, or duplicate copy of any of such documents by the use of fraudulently obtained, fictitious, or altered identity documents or by the use of identity documents not his or her own; or
(7) Obtain or attempt to obtain a registration plate, validation sticker, registration certificate, certificate of title, operator's license, learner's permit, nondriver identification card, duplicate copy of any of these documents, or obtain or attempt to obtain any other permit, license, or special privilege from the department of motor vehicles through the submission of an application containing false or fictitious information; or
(8) Lend his or her identity documents to aid an applicant in his or her attempt to fraudulently obtain or actually obtain a registration plate, validation sticker, registration certificate, operator's license, learner's permit, nondriver identification card, or duplicate copy of such documents.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be a traffic violation for which there shall be a penalty of not more than $1,000.00. If a person is found to have committed the violation, the person's privilege to operate motor vehicles shall be suspended for 60 days. (Amended 1967, No. 129, § 1; 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 19, § 4; 2011, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 204 § 204. Surrender of license or registration
(a) A person whose license to operate a motor vehicle, nondriver identification card, or motor vehicle registration has been issued in error shall surrender forthwith his or her license or registration upon demand of the commissioner or his or her authorized inspector or agent. The demand shall be made in person or by notice in writing sent by first class mail to the last known address of the person.
(b) The commissioner or his or her authorized inspector or agent, and all enforcement officers are authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, nondriver identification card, registration, or license issued by this or any other jurisdiction, which has been revoked, canceled, or suspended, or which is fictitious, stolen, or altered.
(c) A suspension or revocation shall be deemed to be in effect upon receipt of the notice, if made in person, or three days after the deposit of the notice in the United States mail, if made in writing and sent by first class mail to the last known address of the person.
(d) If a presuspension or prerevocation hearing is available by law, the written notice of suspension or revocation shall so state. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, a written request for a hearing must be received at the department of motor vehicles within 15 days after the date of the notice or the right to a hearing is deemed to be waived. (Amended 1983, No. 7; 1989, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Mar. 15, 1990; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1993, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1995, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 22, 1996; 1999, No. 34, § 4; 2007, No. 61, § 2; 2011, No. 46, § 2.)
§ 205 § 205. Notification of change of name or address
The owner of a registered motor vehicle, snowmobile, or motorboat, a person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state, and a person licensed under chapter 27 of this title, 32 V.S.A. chapter 217 or 32 V.S.A. chapter 219 shall notify the commissioner, in writing, of a change in the owner's or person's legal name or residence or mailing address within 30 days after the change is made. (Added 1963, No. 47; amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1985, No. 85, § 4.)
§ 206 § 206. Surcharge
A person convicted of violating a provision of this chapter shall be assessed a surcharge of $50.00, which shall be added to any fine or surcharge imposed by the court. The court shall collect and transfer the surcharge assessed under this section to be credited to the DUI enforcement fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. The collection procedures described in 13 V.S.A. § 5240 shall be utilized in the collection of this surcharge. (Added 1997, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)