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ACT No. 389
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 847
BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOTON
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, semi-trailer, or trailer as defined by R.S.12
32:1 for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity; nor shall any13
person buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, or knowingly have in his possession14
any motor vehicle, or motor vehicle part, semi-trailer, or trailer as defined by R.S.15
32:1 from or on which the manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing16
number or identification mark has been covered, removed, defaced, altered, or17
destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity.18
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: