Kansas · Kansas Statutes Annotated — Chapter 8, Automobiles and Other Vehicles
K.S.A. Ch. 8 § 8-116: Vehicle identification number offenses; possession or sale of vehicle without original VIN; removing or altering VIN; penalties; vehicle seizure and disposition; application to repairs and restorations of antique vehicles
What this law says, in plain English
Kansas law prohibits selling vehicles with destroyed/altered VINs (severity level 10 felony), possessing such vehicles (class C misdemeanor), and destroying/altering VINs (severity level 10 felony). Law enforcement must seize vehicles with defaced VINs as contraband.
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