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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-4-23. When identification number not deemed falsified.
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heading_path: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC / IDENTIFICATION OF AND PURCHASE AND RESALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS / ALTERATION OR REMOVAL OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-4-23. When identification number not deemed falsified.

An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of the commissioner without violating this article. An identification number so placed or restored is not falsified.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 34.