§ 8-22. Purchase or sale of vehicles, parts, etc., when identification marks are removed, changed, etc.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, sell or exchange in the city any motor vehicle, motor vehicle trailer, motor vehicle accessories and tires or motor vehicle parts from or on which any of the original manufacturer's identification numbers, or other original marks of identification, shall have been removed, obliterated, defaced, or changed, unless there shall be filed with the chief of police or his duly authorized representative, prior to and within five days of the date of such sale, purchase or exchange, a full description of the property involved and the reason for or explanation of the removal, obliteration, defacement or changing of identification numbers or marks, such description to be in writing and duly sworn to before a notary public.

(Code 1968, § 8-18)