Ohio · Ohio Revised Code — Title 45, Motor Vehicles
Ohio Rev. Code (Motor Vehicles) § 4549.62: Offenses with purpose to conceal or destroy identity
What this law says, in plain English
This statute prohibits removing, altering, or destroying vehicle identification numbers to conceal identity, placing counterfeit VINs, and possessing vehicles with tampered VINs. Violators face criminal penalties; vehicles may be seized and forfeited.
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