32-4-11 — Unauthorized possession of manufacturer's identification plate prohibited--Violationas felony.

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     32-4-11.   Unauthorized possession of manufacturer's identification plate prohibited--Violation as felony. No person may possess a manufacturer's vehicle identification number plate unless it is attached to the vehicle or vehicle part to which it was originally affixed by the manufacturer, nor may a person have any facsimile of such a plate.
     This section does not prohibit possession of legitimate plates by persons:
             (1)      Whose possession is incident to a contract to supply them to a manufacturer of new motor vehicles or when the plates are in possession of a manufacturer of new vehicles or the manufacturer's employee who possesses them within the scope of his work;
             (2)      Who are authorized in writing by the secretary of revenue to possess the plates.
     A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

Source: SL 1983, ch 230, § 10; SL 1989, ch 255, § 11.