Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-4-107: Removed, falsified or unauthorized identification

A. Any person or persons who shall destroy, remove, cover,

alter or deface, or cause to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered

or defaced, the engine number or other distinguishing number of any

vehicle in this state, without first giving notice of such act to

Service Oklahoma, upon such form as Service Oklahoma may prescribe,

or any person who shall give a wrong description in any application

for the registration of any vehicle in this state for the purpose of

concealing or hiding the identity of such vehicle, shall be deemed

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction thereof

shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of

a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, knowing that the

identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or

falsified, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of

a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, with knowledge that the

identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or

falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of

the vehicle or engine, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class

D1 felony offense and shall be punished as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

D. A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or

affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use

on said vehicle with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity

of the vehicle or its owner shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

misdemeanor.

E. As used in this section:

1. "Identification number" includes an identifying number,

serial number, engine number or other distinguishing number or mark,

placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer or by authority of

the Oklahoma Tax Commission or in accordance with the laws of

another state or country;

2. "Remove" includes deface, cover and destroy; and

3. "Falsify" includes alter and forge.

F. An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or

engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or

placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of Service

Oklahoma without violating this section; provided, an identification

number so placed or restored is not falsified.