GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 512

HOUSE BILL 1094

 

AN ACT PERTAINING TO ALTERING OR CHANGING ENGINE AND OTHER NUMBERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-109(a) reads as rewritten:

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

(1)       Any person to willfully 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 Division; 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 Division.

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 as a Class J felony."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 1987.