Any person who removes, covers, alters or defaces, or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered or defaced, the manufacturer's number, the motor number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle, or number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle tire, piece of farm machinery, farm implement, or piece of construction equipment, the property of another, for any reason, shall be deemed guilty of a class D felony.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.400
Removal or defacing manufacturer's numbers — penalty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Friedman (1967)
Most recently applied in State v. Friedman (February 1967)
Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote; (RSMo 1939 §§ 8396, 8404, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1454, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491); Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7781, …
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