§ 11-18-23 - Defacement or alteration of manufacturer's serial number. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 11-18-23

   § 11-18-23  Defacement or alteration ofmanufacturer's serial number. – Any person who: (1) willfully removes, defaces, covers, alters, or destroys themanufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number oridentification mark on any machine or any electrical or mechanical device forthe purpose of preventing the detection of a crime or defrauding themanufacturer or any seller or any purchaser of the machine or the electrical ormechanical device; or (2) being a dealer in merchandise or the agent, employee,or representative of a dealer, knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of,conceals, or knowingly has in his or her possession any machine or anyelectrical or mechanical device from which the manufacturer's serial number orany other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed,defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for a purpose specified in subdivision(1) of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.