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Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 4. IDENTIFICATION OF AND PURCHASE AND RESALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS · Article 2. ALTERATION OR REMOVAL OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

40-4-21. Removal or falsification of identification number.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A person who willfully removes, except in conformance with Code Section 40-3-35, or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor.#

  2. (b)

    A person who, willfully and with intent to misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or engine, removes or falsifies an identification number of the vehicle or engine with intent to convert or defraud is guilty of a felony. A person convicted of a felony under this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 34; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 40.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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