32-4-10. Possessing vehicle, trailer, or part with altered or removed identification number prohibited--Violation as felony.
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No person may knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, or have in his possession, any titled motor vehicle or trailer or component part thereof, from which the original manufacturer's vehicle identification number or serial number has been removed, defaced, altered, obscured, or destroyed unless the vehicle or component part has an identification number attached to it, assigned or approved by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of § 32-3-22 or authorized agency of another state in lieu of the manufacturer's number. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.