NRS482.553. Unlawful removal, defacement, alteration or obliteration of identification number or mark of motor vehicle or part thereof; restoration of number or mark; homemade vehicles; penalty.

      1.  A person shall not intentionally remove, deface, alter or obliterate the identification number or mark of a vehicle or part from a motor vehicle without written authorization from the Department, nor shall any person attach to or place or stamp upon a vehicle or the parts thereof any serial, motor or other number or mark except one assigned thereto by the Department.

      2.  This section does not prohibit the restoration by an owner of the original vehicle identification number or mark when the restoration is authorized by the Department, nor prevent any manufacturer from placing in the ordinary course of business numbers or marks upon new motor vehicles or new parts thereof.

      3.  The Department shall assign serial numbers to all homemade vehicles, and the serial numbers must be placed:

      (a) If an open trailer, on the left-hand side of the tongue of the trailer.

      (b) If an enclosed vehicle, on the pillar post for the left-hand door hinge or, if such placement is not appropriate, then on the left-hand side of the fire wall, under the hood.

      4.  Any person who violates a provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $25,000.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 145; A 1973, 61; 1995, 1047; 1999, 2058; 2007, 2365)