2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft
Chapter 4549 | Motor Vehicle Crimes
Section 4549.61 | Tampering With Identifying Numbers Definitions.

Universal Citation:
OH Rev Code § 4549.61 (2025)
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Effective: March 28, 1985

Latest Legislation: House Bill 632 - 115th General Assembly

As used in sections 4549.61 to 4549.63 of the Revised Code, "vehicle identification number or derivative thereof" means any number or derivative of such a number that is embossed, engraved, etched, or otherwise marked on any vehicle or vehicle part by the manufacturer. "Vehicle identification number" also includes a duplicate vehicle identification number replaced upon a vehicle under the authority of the registrar of motor vehicles.

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