Definiciones relacionadas con el comercio ilegal de vehículos

Explicación Simple

Esta ley habla de lugares donde se desarman o alteran autos robados. Si alguien toma un auto sin permiso y lo desarma, eso es un 'chop shop'.

Es como si un chef en una cocina tomara ingredientes de forma ilegal para hacer platillos y luego los vendiera como si fueran propios. Aquí, los autos robados son esos ingredientes.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un taller de autos, pero en realidad está desarmando vehículos robados para vender las piezas. La policía descubre que varias partes no tienen identificación y lo arrestan por operar un chop shop.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-29-20. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Chop shop" means any building, lot, or other premises where one or more persons are or have been knowingly engaged in altering, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or knowingly storing any motor vehicle, or motor vehicle part known to be illegally obtained by theft, fraud, or conspiracy to defraud, in order either to: (a) alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identity, including the vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, in order to misrepresent the identity of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, or to prevent the identification of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, or (b) sell or dispose of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part. (2) "Vehicle" includes every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, which is self-propelled or which may be connected to and towed by a self-propelled device, and also includes any and all other land-based devices which are self-propelled but which are not designed for use upon a highway including, but not limited to, farm machinery and construction equipment. (3) "Person" includes a natural person, company, corporation, unincorporated association, partnership, professional corporation, and any other legal entity. (4) "Unidentifiable" means that the uniqueness of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part cannot be established by either expert law enforcement investigative personnel specially trained and experienced in motor vehicle theft investigative procedures and motor vehicle identification examination techniques, or by expert employees of not-for-profit motor vehicle theft prevention agencies specially trai