{"data":{"id":"us-me/29-a-m.r.s.-407","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"29-A M.R.S. §407","heading":"Defaced or missing identification numbers","body":"1.  Assignment of special number.  When an engine, serial or vehicle identification number has been omitted, altered, removed or defaced, the Secretary of State shall assign and attach to the vehicle a special number and maintain a record of the number.\n2.  Violation.  A person commits a Class E crime if that person sells, exchanges, offers to sell or exchange, transfers or uses a manufacturer's vehicle identification or serial number plate that has been removed from the vehicle to which it was originally attached.","path":["TITLE 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","CHAPTER 5: VEHICLE REGISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER 1: REGISTRATION","ARTICLE 2: CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec407.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:35Z","sha256":"ef3275bf6bea82d2cd1b04dfa7068da7cbc2e9574671cdfe567ae172085e22c7","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/29-a-m.r.s.-406","next":"us-me/29-a-m.r.s.-408"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}