Buying, Selling, Receiving, Concealing, Using, Possessing, or Disposing of Motor Vehicle or Part Thereof From Which Identification Has Been Removed or Altered

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
  4. Identification of and Purchase and Resale of Motor Vehicles and Parts
  5. Alteration or Removal of Identification Numbers
  6. Buying, Selling, Receiving, Concealing, Using, Possessing, or Disposing of Motor Vehicle or Part Thereof From Which Identification Has Been Removed or Altered

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  1. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, use, or possess any motor vehicle, or any part thereof, from which the manufacturer's serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identifying marks have been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of such motor vehicle.
  2. Any person who knowingly violates any provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.

(Ga. L. 1918, p. 264, § 1; Code 1933, § 68-9916; Ga. L. 1966, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 40.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 391, 392.

C.J.S.

- 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 1745, 1746.

ALR.

- Constitutionality of statute making possession of an automobile from which identifying marks have been removed a crime, 42 A.L.R. 1149.


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