{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4209.2v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-4209.2v1","heading":"Removing or falsifying identification number of","body":"vessel or motor - Penalties.\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Identification number” includes any identifying number,\n\nserial number, motor serial number or other distinguishing number or\n\nmark, placed on a vessel or motor by its manufacturer or by\n\nauthority of Service Oklahoma or in accordance with the laws of\n\nanother state or country;\n\n2. “Remove” includes deface, cover and destroy; and\n\n3. “Falsify” includes alter and forge.\n\nB. Any person or persons who shall remove or falsify or cause\n\nto be removed or falsified the hull identification number of a\n\nvessel or motor in this state, without first giving notice of such\n\nact to Service Oklahoma, upon such form as Service Oklahoma may\n\nprescribe, or any person who shall give a wrong description in any\n\napplication for the registration of any vessel or motor in this\n\nstate for the purpose of concealing or hiding the identity of such\n\nvessel or motor, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and\n\nshall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a\n\nterm of not less than one (1) year and not more than five (5) years.\n\nC. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of\n\na vessel or motor, knowing that the identification number of the\n\nvessel or motor has been removed or falsified, upon conviction,\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nD. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of\n\na vessel or motor, knowing that the identification number of the\n\nvessel or motor has been removed or falsified and with intent to\n\nconceal or misrepresent the identity of the vessel or motor, upon\n\nconviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a\n\nfine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by\n\nimprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine\n\nand imprisonment.\n\nE. An identification number may be placed on a vessel or motor\n\nby its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or\n\nrestored on a vehicle or engine by authority of Service Oklahoma\n\nwithout violating this section. An identification number so placed\n\nor restored is not falsified.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"bd48e552c98c3cbac53b5a43b43ad861fc484fcaff41368f6a27cf3af25064ee","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4209.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4209.2v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}