GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 512
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.