13-4701. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Chop shop" means any building, lot or other premises in which one or more
persons alters, destroys, disassembles, dismantles, reassembles or stores at least one
motor vehicle or watercraft or two or more motor vehicle or watercraft parts from at
least one vehicle or watercraft that the person or persons knows were obtained by theft,
fraud or conspiracy to defraud with the intent to:
(a) Alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate or
remove the identity of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, including the vehicle
identification number for the purpose of misrepresenting or preventing the identification
of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
(b) Sell or dispose of the motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
2. "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle.
3. "Unidentifiable" means that specially trained investigative personnel who are
experienced in motor vehicle theft investigative procedures and motor vehicle
identification examination techniques cannot establish the uniqueness of a motor vehicle
or motor vehicle part.
4. "Vehicle identification number" means the number that the manufacturer or the
United States or a state department of transportation assigns to a motor vehicle for the
purpose of identifying the motor vehicle or a major component part of the motor
vehicle. Vehicle identification number includes any combination of numbers or letters.
5. "Watercraft" has the same meaning as prescribed in section 5-301.
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