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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 553. Importation or exportation of stolen motor vehicles, off-highway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft
(a) Whoever knowingly imports, exports, or attempts to import or
export -
(1) any motor vehicle, off-highway mobile equipment, vessel,
aircraft, or part of any motor vehicle, off-highway mobile
equipment, vessel, or aircraft, knowing the same to have been
stolen; or
(2) any motor vehicle or off-highway mobile equipment or part
of any motor vehicle or off-highway mobile equipment, knowing
that the identification number of such motor vehicle, equipment,
or part has been removed, obliterated, tampered with, or altered;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both.
(b) Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply if the removal,
obliteration, tampering, or alteration -
(1) is caused by collision or fire; or
(2)(A) in the case of a motor vehicle, is not a violation of
section 511 of this title (relating to altering or removing motor
vehicle identification numbers); or
(B) in the case of off-highway mobile equipment, would not be a
violation of section 511 of this title if such equipment were a
motor vehicle.
(c) As used in this section, the term -
(1) "motor vehicle" has the meaning given that term in section
32101 of title 49;
(2) "off-highway mobile equipment" means any self-propelled
agricultural equipment, self-propelled construction equipment,
and self-propelled special use equipment, used or designed for
running on land but not on rail or highway;
(3) "vessel" has the meaning given that term in section 401 of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401);
(4) "aircraft" has the meaning given that term in section
40102(a) of title 49; and
(5) "identification number" -
(A) in the case of a motor vehicle, has the meaning given
that term in section 511 of this title; and
(B) in the case of any other vehicle or equipment covered by
this section, means a number or symbol assigned to the vehicle
or equipment, or part thereof, by the manufacturer primarily
for the purpose of identifying such vehicle, equipment, or
part.
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