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      21-3738.   Automobile master key violation. (1) Automobile master key violation is either

      (a)   Selling or offering to sell a motor vehicle master key knowingly designed to fit the ignition switch of more than one motor vehicle to a person who is not regularly carrying on the business of garage proprietor or locksmith or employed as a law enforcement officer; or

      (b)   Possession of a motor vehicle master key designed to fit the ignition switch of more than one motor vehicle by a person knowing it to be such a key who is not regularly carrying on the business of garage proprietor or locksmith or employed as a law enforcement officer.

      (2)   It shall not be unlawful for the owner of two (2) or more vehicles to possess a motor vehicle master key for any or all of the motor vehicles so owned, nor shall the sale of such master keys to such owner be unlawful.

      (3)   Automobile master key violation is a class C misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3738; July 1, 1970.