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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 2321                                            01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY

HEAD

    Sec. 2321. Trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle
      parts

STATUTE

      (a) Whoever buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of,
    with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of, a motor vehicle or
    motor vehicle part, knowing that an identification number for such
    motor vehicle or part has been removed, obliterated, tampered with,
    or altered, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
    than ten years, or both.
      (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the removal, obliteration,
    tampering, or alteration -
        (1) is caused by collision or fire; or
        (2) is not a violation of section 511 of this title.
      (c) As used in this section, the terms "identification number"
    and "motor vehicle" have the meaning given those terms in section
    511 of this title.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 98-547, title II, Sec. 204(a), Oct. 25, 1984, 98
    Stat. 2770, Sec. 2320; renumbered Sec. 2321, Pub. L. 99-646, Sec.
    42(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3601; amended Pub. L. 103-322,
    title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

AMENDMENTS

      1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this
    title" for "fined not more than $20,000".