KRS 186A.310: Selling or receiving of vehicle with identification number removed or

altered prohibited.

(1) No person shall knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, or have in his

possession, any titled motor vehicle or trailer or component part thereof, from

which the original manufacturer's vehicle identification number, or serial number,

has been removed, defaced, altered, obscured or destroyed, unless such vehicle or

component part has attached thereto an identification number assigned or approved

by the Department of Vehicle Regulation under the provisions of KRS 186.1911 or

authorized agency of another state in lieu of the manufacturer's number.

(2) Whenever such vehicle or component part comes into the custody of a peace officer

it shall be forfeited under the procedure established in KRS 500.090. Nothing in this

section shall, however, preclude the return of such vehicle or parts to the lawful

owner thereof following presentation of satisfactory evidence of ownership and

assignment of an identification number by the Department of Vehicle Regulation.