Title 44, Chapter 2, Section 43
( 44-2-43)
Any person who: (1) fraudulently obtains or attempts to obtain a
decree of registration of title to any land or interest therein; (2)
knowingly offers in evidence any forged or fraudulent document in
the course of any proceedings with regard to registered lands or any
interest therein; (3) makes or utters any forged instrument of
transfer or instrument of mortgage or any other paper, writing, or
document used in connection with any of the proceedings required for
the registration of lands or the notation of entries upon the
register of titles; (4) steals or fraudulently conceals any owner's
certificate, creditor's certificate, or other certificate of title
provided for under this article; (5) fraudulently alters, changes,
or mutilates any writing, instrument, document, record,
registration, or register provided for under this article; (6) makes
any false oath or affidavit with respect to any matter or thing
provided for in this article; or (7) makes or knowingly uses any
counterfeit of any certificate provided for by this article shall be
guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not
less than one nor more than ten years. |