KRS 186A.305: Alteration or removal of motor vehicle identification number prohibited.

(1) No person shall intentionally remove, deface, cover, destroy, alter, or obscure any

vehicle identification number, or other distinguishing number, of a motor vehicle or

trailer or any part thereof in this state, without written authorization from the

Department of Kentucky State Police, nor shall any person place or stamp, in place

of the original manufacturer's serial, motor, or other number or mark upon a vehicle,

any number except one assigned thereto by the Department of Vehicle Regulation

under the provisions of KRS 186.1911 or authorized agency of another state.

(2) This section does not prohibit the restoration by an owner of the original vehicle

identification number when the restoration is authorized by the Department of

Kentucky State Police, n or prevent any manufacturer from placing in the ordinary

course of business numbers or marks upon new motor vehicles or new parts thereof.

(3) This section shall not apply to a scrap processor who loads, unloads, crushes,

flattens, destroys, grinds up, han dles, shreds, or otherwise reduces a motor vehicle

or motor vehicle part into metallic scrap for the purpose of recycling such metallic

content.