Sec. 501.155.  FALSE NAME, FALSE INFORMATION, AND FORGERY.  (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.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 66, eff. January 1, 2012.