18.2-215 - Removal or alteration of identification numbers on household electrical appliances; possession of such appliances. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-215. Removal or alteration of identification numbers on householdelectrical appliances; possession of such appliances.

No person, firm, association or corporation, either individually or inassociation with one or more other persons, firms, associations orcorporations shall remove, change or alter the serial number or otheridentification number stamped upon, cut into or attached as a permanent partof any household or electrical or electronic appliance where such number wasstamped upon, cut into or attached to such appliance by the manufacturerthereof.

No person, firm, association or corporation shall knowingly have in his orits possession for the purpose of resale or keep in his possession for aperiod in excess of forty-eight hours without reporting such possession tothe appropriate law-enforcement agency in his county, town or city ahousehold or electrical or electronic appliance, with knowledge that theserial number or other identification number has been removed, changed oraltered.

Any person, firm, association or corporation violating the provisions of thissection shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 59.1-43; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 305.)