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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 847
BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOTON
CRIME: Amends the crime of removing or altering vehicle identification numbers
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:207(A), relative to the crime of alteration or removal of2
identifying numbers on motor vehicles; to provide for the elements of the crime; to3
include trailers; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:207(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง207. Motor vehicles, alteration or removal of identifying numbers prohibited; sale,7
etc., of motor vehicle with altered identifying numbers prohibited; penalty;8
application of Section 9
A. No person shall cover, remove, deface, alter, or destroy the10
manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on11
any motor vehicle, or motor vehicle part, or trailer as defined by R.S. 32:1 for the12
purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity; nor shall any person buy, sell,13
receive, dispose of, conceal, or knowingly have in his possession any motor vehicle,14
or motor vehicle part, or trailer as defined by R.S. 32:1 from or on which the15
manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has16
been covered, removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing17
or misrepresenting its identity.18
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Wooton HB No. 847
Abstract: Expands the crime of alteration or removal of identifying numbers on motor
vehicles to include trailers.
Present law provides that no person shall cover, remove, deface, alter, or destroy the
manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on any
motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its
identity. Further provides that no person shall buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, or
knowingly have in his possession any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part from or on which
the manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has
been covered, removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or
misrepresenting its identity.
Proposed law adds trailers to present law and otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:207(A))