§ 6-306. Serial number -- Alteration and sale of good

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(a) Prohibited -- Alteration. -- A person may not remove, deface, or obliterate a manufacturer's serial number that is punched on or affixed by plate to a manufactured good with the intent to prevent tracing or identifying that good.

(b) Prohibited -- Sale of good. -- Except as provided in § 14-107(m) of the Transportation Article, a person may not knowingly keep or offer for sale a manufactured good from which the manufacturer's serial number has been removed, defaced, or obliterated in violation of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $ 500 or both for each violation.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 389(a), (b), (d); 2002, ch. 26, § 2.

                    
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