N.Y. Penal Law § 170.70: Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number

§ 170.70 Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number.

A person is guilty of illegal possession of a vehicle identification

number when:

(1) He knowingly possesses a vehicle identification number label,

sticker or plate which has been removed from the vehicle or vehicle part

to which such label, sticker or plate was affixed by the manufacturer in

accordance with 49 U.S.C. section 32101, et seq. and regulations

promulgated thereunder or in accordance with the provisions of the

vehicle and traffic law; or

(2) He knowingly possesses a vehicle or vehicle part to which is

attached a vehicle identification number label, sticker or plate or on

which is stamped or embossed a vehicle identification number which has

been destroyed, covered, defaced, altered or otherwise changed, or a

vehicle or vehicle part from which a vehicle identification number

label, sticker or plate has been removed, which label, sticker or plate

was affixed in accordance with 49 U.S.C. section 32101, et seq. or

regulations promulgated thereunder, except when he has complied with the

provisions of the vehicle and traffic law and regulations promulgated

thereunder; or

(3) He knowingly possesses a vehicle, or part of a vehicle to which by

law or regulation must be attached a vehicle identification number,

either (a) with a vehicle identification number label, sticker, or plate

which was not affixed by the manufacturer in accordance with 49 U.S.C.

section 32101, et seq. or regulations promulgated thereunder, or in

accordance with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law or

regulations promulgated thereunder, or (b) on which is affixed, stamped

or embossed a vehicle identification number which was not affixed,

stamped or embossed by the manufacturer, or in accordance with 49 U.S.C.

section 32101, et seq. or regulations promulgated thereunder or in

accordance with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law or

regulations promulgated thereunder.

Illegal possession of a vehicle identification number is a class E

felony.