72 Pa. Stat. § 8113-D

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 8113-D - Unlawful acts and penalty
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) accept or present for recording or cause to be accepted or presented for recording any document without the full amount of tax thereon being duly paid;
(2) make use of any documentary stamp to denote payment of any tax imposed under this article without cancelling such stamp as required by this article or as prescribed by the Department of Revenue;
(3) fail, neglect or refuse to comply with or violate the rules and regulations prescribed, adopted and promulgated by the department under this article;
(4) fraudulently cut, tear or remove from a document any documentary stamp;
(5) fraudulently affix to any document upon which tax is imposed under this article any documentary stamp which has been cut, torn or removed from any other document upon which tax is imposed under this article, or any documentary stamp of insufficient value, or any forged or counterfeited stamp, or any impression of any forged or counterfeited stamp, die, plate or other article;
(6) wilfully remove or alter the cancellation marks of any documentary stamp, or restore any such documentary stamp, with intent to use or cause the same to be used after it has already been used, or knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale or give away such altered or restored stamp to any person for use, or knowingly use the same;
(7) knowingly have in his possession any altered or restored documentary stamp which has been removed from any document upon which a tax is imposed under this article, provided that the possession of such stamps shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to violate the provisions of this clause; or
(8) knowingly or wilfully prepare, keep, sell, offer for sale or have in his possession any forged or counterfeited documentary stamps.
(b)
(1) Except as otherwise provided in clause (2), a person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(2) A person who violates subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) commits a summary offense.
(c) A person who makes a false statement of value or declaration of acquisition, not believing the statement or declaration to be true, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.

72 P.S. § 8113-D

1971, March 4, P.L. 6, No. 2, § 1113-D, added 2005, July 7, P.L. 149, No. 40, § 12, imd. effective.