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§17A-8-1. Report by Police of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles or Special Mobile Equipment

Every sheriff, chief of police, member of the department of public safety or peace officer upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered hereunder or any item of special mobile equipment has been stolen shall immediately report such theft to the department unless prior thereto information has been received of the recovery of such vehicle […]

§17A-8-10. Unlawful Retention of Rented or Leased Vehicle After Notice

Any person who, after renting or leasing a motor vehicle under an agreement in writing which provides for the return of said vehicle to a particular place at a particular time, shall fail to return the vehicle to said place within the time specified, and is thereafter served with a written notice, or upon whom […]

§17A-8-4. Unlawful Taking of Vehicle

(a) Any person who drives a vehicle, not his or her own, without consent of the owner thereof, and with intent temporarily to deprive said owner of his or her possession of such vehicle, without intent to steal the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The consent of the owner of a vehicle to its […]

§17A-8-5. Receiving or Transferring Stolen Vehicle

Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, receives, or transfers possession of the same from or to another, or who has in his possession any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has […]

§17A-8-6. Injuring or Tampering With Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment

(a) Any person who either individually or in association with one or more persons willfully injures or tampers with any vehicle or breaks or removes any part or parts of or from a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who with intent to commit any malicious mischief, […]

§17A-8-7. Motor Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment Without Manufacturer's Serial Number, Motor or Engine Number or Other Distinguishing Number or Identification Mark; Offenses

(a) A person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, conceals, transports, causes to be transported, or possesses a motor vehicle, or a motor or engine removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, […]

§17A-8-8. Altering or Changing a Manufacturer's Serial Number, Motor or Engine Number or Other Distinguishing Number or Identification Mark; Offenses

(a) A person who, with fraudulent intent, removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys the manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a motor vehicle or who places or stamps an actual or facsimile manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark […]

§17A-8-9. Theft of a Rental Vehicle; Penalty

(a) A person is guilty of theft of a rental vehicle when: (1) Such person, under the terms of a written rental or lease agreement, obtains a motor vehicle and, in so doing, makes a false or fraudulent representation or utilizes a false pretense or personation, trick, artifice or device; and