{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-301.400","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.400","heading":"Removal or defacing manufacturer's numbers — penalty.","body":"Any person who removes, covers, alters or defaces, or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered or defaced, the manufacturer's number, the motor number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle, or number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle tire, piece of farm machinery, farm implement, or piece of construction equipment, the property of another, for any reason, shall be deemed guilty of a class D felony.","path":["Title XIX - MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION","Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=301.400","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"f7a59c5b1c34ff675ab3890c82b434a310fdc6b221b86c2e9ddf20cb38539161","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-301.390","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-301.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}