Every motor vehicle and nonconventional type motor vehicle shall have and contain a manufacturer's vehicle identification number, which number shall not be obliterated, erased, mutilated, removed or missing. This section shall not affect those persons authorized by law to have in their possession a motor vehicle on which the manufacturer's number or numbers have been obliterated, erased, mutilated, removed or missing.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:10-7
Manufacturer's numbers required on motor vehicles
Known as the Motor Vehicle Transaction Modernization Act
The act spans §§ 39:10-1 to 39:10-9.5 (61 sections).
Amended by L.1949, c. 235, p. 737, s. 2; L.1964, c. 238, s. 1.
Current official text: New Jersey Legislature. Digitized from the New Jersey Legislature bulk statutes download. Reproduced from public-domain New Jersey statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.