§ 14-107. Actions prohibited relating to vehicle and engine identification numbers
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2017
Effective: October 1, 2017
MD Code, Transportation, § 14-107
§ 14-107. Actions prohibited relating to vehicle and engine identification numbers
(b) A person may not willfully remove any identification number of a vehicle.
(c) A person may not willfully falsify any identification number of a vehicle.
(d) A person may not willfully remove any identification number of an engine for a vehicle.
(e) A person may not willfully falsify any identification number of an engine for a vehicle.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (m) of this section, a person may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of a vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the vehicle has been removed.
(g) A person may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of a vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the vehicle has been falsified.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (m) of this section, a person may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of an engine for a vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the engine has been removed.
(i) A person may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of an engine for a vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the engine has been falsified.
(j) A person may not, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or its owner, remove a registration card or registration plate from the vehicle.
(k) A person may not, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or the owner of the vehicle, attach to the vehicle a registration plate not authorized by law for use on it.
(l) An identification number may be:
Purchase, receipt, or possession of vehicle with missing identification number by insurance companies
(m)(1) An insurance company or its insurance producer may buy, receive, and possess a motor vehicle knowing that the identification number of the vehicle has been removed, if the vehicle is the subject of a total loss settlement by the insurance company.
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 1987, c. 223; Acts 2000, c. 399, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, c. 731, § 9, eff. July 2, 2001; Acts 2002, c. 19, § 5, eff. April 9, 2002; Acts 2012, c. 66, § 6, eff. April 10, 2012; Acts 2017, c. 55, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 4-107.
MD Code, Transportation, § 14-107, MD TRANS § 14-107
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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