NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1089

SENATE BILL 1060

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-109 RELATIVE TO ALTERING OR CHANGING AN ENGINE OR OTHER NUMBER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-109 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 20-109.  Altering or changing engine or other numbers. — (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for:

(1)        Any person to wilfully deface, destroy, remove, cover, or alter the manufacturer's serial number, transmission number, or engine number; or

(2)        Any vehicle owner to knowingly permit the defacing, removal, destroying, covering, or alteration of the serial number, transmission number, or engine number; or

(3)        Any person except a licensed vehicle manufacturer as authorized by law to place or stamp any serial number, transmission number, or engine number upon a vehicle, other than one assigned thereto by the Department; or

(4)        Any vehicle owner to knowingly permit the placing or stamping of any serial number or motor number upon a motor vehicle, except such numbers as assigned thereto by the Department.

A violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine or imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, in the discretion of the court,

(b)        It shall be unlawful and constitute a felony for:

(1)        Any person, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the vehicle, to deface, destroy, remove, cover, alter, or use any serial or motor number assigned to a vehicle by the Department; or

(2)        Any vehicle owner, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of the vehicle, to permit the defacing, destruction, removal, covering, alteration, or use of a serial or motor number assigned to a vehicle by the Department; or

(3)        Any vehicle owner, with the intent to conceal or misrepresent the true identity of a vehicle, to permit the defacing, destruction, removal, covering, alteration, use, gift, or sale of any manufacturer's serial number, serial number plate, or any part or parts of a vehicle containing the serial number or portions of the serial number.

A violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1974.