Identification numbers -- Assigning numbers -- Requirement for sale.

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  • (1)
    • (a) If a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor has a permanent manufacturer's identification number, the number shall be used as the vehicle's, vessel's, or outboard motor's identification number.
    • (b) If it has no permanent manufacturer's identification number, the division shall assign an identification number to it.
    • (c) An identification number assigned by the division shall be permanently affixed or imprinted on the vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor as directed by the division.
  • (2) A person may not sell or offer for sale in this state a new vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor without an identification number.
  • (3)
    • (a) Each permanent manufacturer's identification number for a vehicle shall be clearly marked in an accessible place on a vehicle.
    • (b)
      • (i) Each permanent manufacturer's identification number for a vessel shall be clearly marked in an accessible place on the starboard outboard side of the transom or to the starboard outboard side of the hull.
      • (ii) If the permanent manufacturer's identification number is displayed in a location other than on or near the starboard outboard side of the transom, the manufacturer shall notify the division of its location.
  • (4) A person may not destroy, remove, alter, or cover an identification number.
  • (5) A violation of this section is an infraction, except that Subsection (4) is a class C misdemeanor.




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