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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 399
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(4) "Falsify" includes alter, counterfeit, duplicate, or forge.
(b) A person may not willfully remove any identification number of a vehicle.
(c) A person may not willfully falsify any identification number of a vehicle.
(d) A person may not willfully remove any identification number of an engine
for a vehicle.
(e) A person may not willfully falsify any identification number of an engine
for a vehicle.
(f) [ A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (M) OF THIS SECTION, A person
may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of a vehicle, knowing that an
identification number of the vehicle has been removed.
(g) A person may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of a vehicle,
knowing that an identification number of the vehicle has been falsified.
(h) [A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (M) OF THIS SECTION, A person
may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of an engine for a vehicle, knowing that
an identification number of the engine has been removed.
(i) A person may not buy, receive, possess, sell, or dispose of an engine for a
vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the engine has been falsified.
(j) A person may not, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a
vehicle or its owner remove a registration card or registration plate from the vehicle.
(k) A person may not, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a
vehicle or the owner of the vehicle, attach to the vehicle a registration plate not
authorized by law for use on it.
(1) An identification number may be:
(1) Placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer in the regular
course of business; or
(2) Placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of the
Administration.
(M) (1) AN INSURANCE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT MAY BUY, RECEIVE, AND
POSSESS A MOTOR VEHICLE KNOWING THAT THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE
VEHICLE HAS BEEN REMOVED, IF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IS THE SUBJECT OF A
TOTAL LOSS SETTLEMENT BY AN THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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(2) AN INSURANCE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT MAY SELL OR DISPOSE OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE KNOWING THAT THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE
HAS BEEN REMOVED, IF:
(I) THE VEHICLE IS THE SUBJECT OF A TOTAL LOSS SETTLEMENT
BY AN THE INSURANCE COMPANY; AND
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