§ 39-14-135 — Manufacture, sale or possession of farm implement without serial number

(a) (1) No new tractor-drawn major farm implement manufactured as a self-contained unit after December 31, 1968, and designed to be pulled by or attached to a farm tractor and sold as a complete unit, shall be sold or offered for sale at wholesale or retail unless a manufacturer's serial number shall be prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed to the equipment. (2) It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer to see that such an implement is properly supplied with a serial number. (b) Any person who manufactures, distributes, sells or transfers any tractor-drawn major farm implement subject to the requirements of this section without a serial number prominently stamped on the equipment or on a piece of metal securely affixed thereto commits a Class A misdemeanor. (c) This section shall not apply to the sale of parts, components or accessories for major farm implements where serial numbers are not required by law.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.