D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-1104
No person shall make any false statement in any application or other document required by the terms of this title.
No person shall alter, with fraudulent intent, any registration certificate, temporary registration certificate, license plate or plates, or temporary identification tags, issued by the Department or by any other state or jurisdiction.
No person shall alter or falsify with fraudulent intent, or forge any assignment of any certificate of title, nor shall any person hold or use any such assignment knowing the same to have been altered, forged, or falsified.
No person shall forge or counterfeit, make or have made, print or have printed, or have in his or her possession, any item or document which shall purport to be a certificate of title, temporary registration certificate, registration certificate, vehicle identification tag, or revalidation sticker or tab, unless the item was issued by the government of the District of Columbia, or federal, state, territorial, or foreign government (or a political subdivision of one of the foregoing) and is the genuine document or item intended to be issued. No person shall be liable under this subsection when such items are in his or her possession under the good faith belief that the items o r documents are genuine.
A fifty dollar ($ 50.00) fee shall be imposed on any person who gives or causes to be given in payment of any tax, assessment, fee, charge, or other obligation due the District of Columbia, a check which is dishonored or not duly paid.
Until the fees and collection charges are paid, no services or products of the Department, including but not limited to, the following items shall be provided to that person:
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-1104