Ala. Code § 32-8-86 (1975) Removed, Falsified Or Unauthorized Identification Number, Registration Or License Plate; Seizure of Vehicle, Part, Etc., When Number Altered, Etc.; Disposition of Forfeited Property

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 32-8-86 (1975)

(a) A person who willfully removes or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle, engine, transmission or other identifiable component part of a vehicle is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as required by law.

(b) A person who, willfully and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle, engine, transmission or other identifiable component part of a vehicle or removes or falsifies an identification number of the same is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be punished as required by law.

(c) A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a vehicle, or an engine, transmission or other identifiable component part of a vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the same has been removed or falsified, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as required by law.

(d) A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a vehicle, engine, transmission or other identifiable component part of a vehicle, with knowledge that an identification number of same has been removed or falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of same is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be punished as required by law.

(e) A person who removes a license plate or tag from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate or tag not authorized by law for use on it, in either case with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or its owner, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as required by law.

(f) As used in this section:

(1) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. Such term includes an identifying number, serial number, engine number or other distinguishing number or mark placed on a vehicle, engine, transmission or other component part of a vehicle, by its manufacturer or by authority of the department or in accordance with the laws of another state or country.

(2) REMOVE. Such term includes deface, cover and destroy.

(3) FALSIFY. Such term includes alter and forge.

(4) IDENTIFIABLE COMPONENT PART. Such term includes any part of a vehicle that an identifying number stamped or placed on it by the manufacturer or other authorized person or any part that can be identified by other means as being a part of a particular vehicle.