2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title K - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD
Article 170 - (170.00 - 170.75) FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES
170.65 - Forgery of a vehicle identification number.

 
  § 170.65 Forgery of a vehicle identification number.
    A person is guilty of forgery of a vehicle identification number when:
    (1)  He  knowingly  destroys,  covers,  defaces,  alters  or otherwise
  changes the form or appearance of a vehicle identification number on any
  vehicle or component part thereof, except tires; or
    (2) He removes any such  number  from  a  vehicle  or  component  part
  thereof, except as required by the provisions of the vehicle and traffic
  law; or
    (3) He affixes a vehicle identification number to a vehicle, except in
  accordance with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law.
    (4)  He  or  she,  with  intent  to  defraud,  knowingly manufactures,
  produces or reproduces a vehicle identification number label, sticker or
  plate which was not manufactured, produced or reproduced  in  accordance
  with the rules and regulations promulgated by the United States National
  Highway  Safety  Administration and/or in accordance with the provisions
  of the state vehicle and traffic law.
    Forgery of a vehicle identification number is a class E felony.