---
title: O.C.G.A. § 40-4-21. Removal or falsification of identification number.
collection: code
id: 40-4-21
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 40-4-21 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4-21
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4-21.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4-21/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t40-ch1-5-(v28a)-2024-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=636595ac_0#page=477
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4-20.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/40-4-22.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC / IDENTIFICATION OF AND PURCHASE AND RESALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS / ALTERATION OR REMOVAL OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 40-4-21. Removal or falsification of identification number.

(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.

(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.

## History

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