8-116. Vehicle identification number offenses; possession or sale of vehicle without original VIN; removing or altering VIN; penalties; vehicle seizure and disposition.
8-116
8-116. Vehicle identification number offenses; possession or sale of
vehicle without original VIN; removing or altering VIN; penalties; vehicle
seizure and disposition.
(a) It is unlawful to sell, barter or
exchange any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the original vehicle
identification number
of which has been
destroyed, removed, altered or defaced, except as contemplated by K.S.A.
8-116a,
and amendments thereto, when no part of the
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been stolen and a vehicle
identification number has been assigned to the motor vehicle according to
law. Violation of this subsection (a) is a severity level 10,
nonperson felony.
(b) It is unlawful to knowingly own or have the custody or possession of a
motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the original vehicle identification number
of which has been destroyed, removed, altered or defaced, except as
contemplated by K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, when no
part of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been stolen and a
vehicle identification number has been assigned to the motor vehicle
according to law. Violation of this subsection (b) is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who shall destroy, remove, alter or deface any vehicle
identification number, except as contemplated by
K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, when no
part of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has
been stolen, is guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson
felony.
(d) Every law
enforcement officer in this state
having knowledge of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer the vehicle
identification number of which has been destroyed,
removed, altered or defaced shall seize and take possession of
such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, arrest the owner or
custodian thereof and cause
prosecution to be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. The
provisions of K.S.A. 22-2512, and amendments thereto, shall apply to any
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer seized under this section.
History: L. 1921, ch. 69, § 14; R.S. 1923, § 8-116; L. 1935,
ch. 70, § 1; L.
1959, ch. 46, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 25, § 12;
L. 1989, ch. 35, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 291, § 1; July 1.