Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-4-107
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Removed, falsified or unauthorized identification
Official statutory text
A. Any person or persons who shall destroy, remove, cover,
alter or deface, or cause to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered
or defaced, the engine number or other distinguishing number of any
vehicle in this state, without first giving notice of such act to
Service Oklahoma, upon such form as Service Oklahoma may prescribe,
or any person who shall give a wrong description in any application
for the registration of any vehicle in this state for the purpose of
concealing or hiding the identity of such vehicle, shall be deemed
guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of
a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, knowing that the
identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or
falsified, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of
a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, with knowledge that the
identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or
falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of
the vehicle or engine, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class
D1 felony offense and shall be punished as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
D. A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or
affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use
on said vehicle with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity
of the vehicle or its owner shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
E. As used in this section:
1. "Identification number" includes an identifying number,
serial number, engine number or other distinguishing number or mark,
placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer or by authority of
the Oklahoma Tax Commission or in accordance with the laws of
another state or country;
2. "Remove" includes deface, cover and destroy; and
3. "Falsify" includes alter and forge.
F. An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or
engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or
placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of Service
Oklahoma without violating this section; provided, an identification
number so placed or restored is not falsified.
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alter or deface, or cause to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered
or defaced, the engine number or other distinguishing number of any
vehicle in this state, without first giving notice of such act to
Service Oklahoma, upon such form as Service Oklahoma may prescribe,
or any person who shall give a wrong description in any application
for the registration of any vehicle in this state for the purpose of
concealing or hiding the identity of such vehicle, shall be deemed
guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of
a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, knowing that the
identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or
falsified, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of
a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, with knowledge that the
identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or
falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of
the vehicle or engine, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class
D1 felony offense and shall be punished as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
D. A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or
affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use
on said vehicle with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity
of the vehicle or its owner shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
E. As used in this section:
1. "Identification number" includes an identifying number,
serial number, engine number or other distinguishing number or mark,
placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer or by authority of
the Oklahoma Tax Commission or in accordance with the laws of
another state or country;
2. "Remove" includes deface, cover and destroy; and
3. "Falsify" includes alter and forge.
F. An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or
engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or
placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of Service
Oklahoma without violating this section; provided, an identification
number so placed or restored is not falsified.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 214
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