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Section 819.440 – Police seizure of vehicle without identification number; inspection; disposition of vehicle; disposition of moneys from sale.

When a police officer discovers a vehicle or component, including a transmission, engine or other severable portion of a vehicle which possesses or did possess an identification number, from which the vehicle identification number assigned to the vehicle or component has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed the police officer may seize and hold […]

Section 819.400 – Assignment of numbers.

The Department of Transportation shall provide vehicle identification numbers for vehicles required to be registered in this state and components of such vehicles as the department determines necessary if the vehicles or components do not have vehicle identification numbers. The authority granted by this section is subject to the following: (1) A vehicle identification number […]