Tennessee § 55-5-111 Buying, disposing of or possessing motor vehicle, engine or transmission with removed or altered identification mark or number unlawful

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§ 55-5-111 — Buying, disposing of or possessing motor vehicle, engine or transmission with removed or altered identification mark or number unlawful

Tennessee § 55-5-111

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-5-111 (2026).

Text

Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in that person's possession any motor vehicle, engine or transmission removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manufacturer's serial, engine or transmission number or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number placed thereon under assignment from the division has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed commits a Class A misdemeanor.

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Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in that person's possession any motor vehicle, engine or transmission removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manufacturer's serial, engine or transmission number or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number placed thereon under assignment from the division has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed commits a Class A misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Acts 1951, ch. 70, § 73 (Williams, § 5538.173); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-506; Acts 1971, ch. 122, § 1; 1972, ch. 518, § 11; T.C.A., § 59-511; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2000, ch. 941, § 3.