Alteración o Destrucción del Número de Identificación de Vehículo

Explicación Simple

Si cambias o quitas el número de identificación de un vehículo, eso es un delito grave. Esto es porque el número ayuda a saber quién es el dueño y si el vehículo es legal o no.

Es como si alguien cambiara el nombre en su documento de identidad para ocultar su verdadera identidad. Así, nadie podría saber quién es realmente.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan compra un carro a bajo precio y descubre que el número de identificación está borrado. Si sabe que eso es ilegal y aún así decide venderlo, podría enfrentar problemas legales serios.

Penalidades

Alterar el número de identificación de un vehículo puede resultar en hasta siete años de prisión o multas de hasta $50,000.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

18 Pa.C.S. 7703 - Alteration Or Destruction Of Vehicle Identification Number Any person who alters, counterfeits, defaces, destroys, disguises, falsifies, forges, obliterates or removes a vehicle identification number with the intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity or prevent the identification of a vehicle or vehicle part commits a felony of the third degree and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years or a fine of not more than $50,000, or both. 18 Pa.C.S. 7704 - Disposition Of Vehicle Or Vehicle Part With Altered Vehicle Identification Number Any person who purchases, receives, disposes, sells, transfers or possesses a vehicle or vehicle part with knowledge that the vehicle identification number of the vehicle or vehicle part has been altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed, disguised, falsified, forged, obliterated or removed and with the intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity or prevent the identification of a vehicle or vehicle part commits a felony of the third degree and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years or a fine of not more than $50,000, or both. 18 Pa.C.S. 7705 - Exceptions (a) Scrap processor.--The provisions of section 7702 (relating to owning, operating or conducting a chop shop) shall not apply to a scrap processor who, in the normal legal course of business and in good faith, processes a vehicle or vehicle part by crushing, compacting or other similar methods, provided that any vehicle identification number is not removed from the vehicle or vehicle part prior to or during any such processing. (b) Repair of vehicle.--The provisions of section 7702 shall not be construed to prohibit the removal of a vehicle identification number plate from a